Numbers 34:27

Study note

Setting — The text appears within a catalog of tribal representatives being recorded during the formal designation of the Promised Land's boundaries. It follows the listing of Issachar’s leader and precedes Naphtali’s leader in a continuous administrative register.

The words — נָשִׂ֑יא (na.Si') translates literally as "a leader" or "chieftain," and אֲחִיה֖וּד ('a.chi.Hud) is a proper name meaning "brother of God." These terms anchor the verse as a formal identification of an appointed official rather than a narrative event.

The thread — The verse belongs to the Numbers 34 sequence that names one chief from each tribe to oversee the territorial allocation. This catalog structure repeats in Numbers 34:25–29, establishing a standardized administrative roster for the land distribution process.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to recognize the systematic organization of tribal authority before the inheritance is assigned. It functions as a bureaucratic record that validates each tribe's designated representative in the boundary commission.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.