New King James Version
Numbers 34:19
19These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
Numbers 34:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
- New International Version (NIV)These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah;
- English Standard Version (ESV)These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
- New Living Translation (NLT)These are the tribes and the names of the leaders: Judah Caleb son of Jephunneh
Context of Numbers 34:19
17“These are the names of the men who shall divide the land among you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. 18And you shall take one leader of every tribe to divide the land for the inheritance. These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; 20from the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud; 21from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon;
Read all of Numbers 34Numbers 34:19 word by word
וְאֵ֖לֶּה שְׁמ֣וֹת הָאֲנָשִׁ֑ים לְמַטֵּ֣ה יְהוּדָ֔ה כָּלֵ֖ב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 34:19
- Numbers 13:30Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”
- Numbers 14:6But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;
- Numbers 26:65For the Lord had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” So there was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
Commentaries on Numbers 34:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19And the names of the men - are these - It is worthy of remark that Moses does not follow any order hitherto used of placing the tribes, neither that in Numbers 1, nor that in Numbers 7, nor that in Numbers 26, nor any other; but places them here exactly in that order in which they possessed the land. Judah Simeon Benjamin Dan Manasseh Ephraim Zebulun Issachar Asher Naphtali Judah is first, having the first lot; and he dwelt in the south part of the land…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-29Verses 16-29 Of the representatives now selected through Moses beforehand, who were all princes, i. e. heads of chief families, in their respective tribes (see Numbers 13:2), Caleb alone, of the tribe of Judah, is otherwise known to us (see Numbers 13:4 ff). The order in which the tribes are named is peculiar to this passage. If they be taken in pairs, Judah and Simeon, Benjamin and Dan, Manasseh and Ephraim, Zebulun and Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-29Verses 16-29 God here appoints men to divide the land to them. So sure must they feel of victory and success while God fought for them, that the persons are named who should be intrusted with the dividing of the land.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-28Caleb son of Jephunneh is the only tribal leader mentioned elsewhere in Numbers (13:6, 30; 14:6–38). Most of the older generation had died during the wilderness period (Numbers 26:63–65). But the two faithful spies were still leading their people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2916-29. names of the men ... which shall divide the land--This appointment by the Lord before the Jordan tended not only to animate the Israelites faith in the certainty of the conquest, but to prevent all subsequent dispute and discontent, which might have been dangerous in presence of the natives. The nominees were ten princes for the nine and a half tribes, one of them being selected from the western section of Manasseh, and all subordinate to the great…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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