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II. Prospects of the younger generation in the land chs. 26--36 >
B. Warning and encouragement of the younger generation chs. 33-36 >
2. Anticipation of the Promised Land 33:50-36:13 >
A preview of the land ch. 34 >
The leaders responsible for dividing the land 34:16-29
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God next selected ten men, one from each tribe that would settle in Canaan, who would assist Eleazer, the high priest, and Joshua, the military leader of Israel, in apportioning the land. Only Caleb's name is familiar. None of the other men's names appear earlier in the text. These were not the heads of the tribes but men chosen specifically for this purpose. Moses listed the tribes here in the general order in which they settled in the land from south to north.
