You shall take one leader of every tribe to apportion the land for inheritance.Since I'm getting over being sick, this was a nice chapter to start with, because I only have one little question: why do you need a leader for each tribe? If Joshua and Eleazar are deciding the tribes by lot, what do these leaders do?
I'll freely admit I don't understand the lot process all that well. I've seen several explanations, and have no idea which one is correct. However, for none of them are many people required. All the versions I've heard really only require one person, maybe two. So what are the leaders for? Do they just take the results back to their people, to let them know? Or was it that the tribe would be chosen, then that tribe would get to decide their location, like my dorm did when we moved buildings? I honestly have no idea what the answer is to this question, but it does pique my curiosity.
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