And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
The passage forms part of the instructions concerning the division of the land. It supplies one name in the list of men whom the Lord directed Moses to appoint beforehand as a commission to divide it, namely Eleazar the priest and Joshua together with a prince from each tribe. That division took place about five years after the crossing of the Jordan, once the kings and places overcome in battle had been conquered.
The passage forms part of the instructions concerning the division of the land. It supplies one name in the list of men whom the Lord directed Moses to appoint beforehand as a commission to divide it, namely Eleazar the priest and Joshua together with a prince from each tribe. That division took place about five years after the crossing of the Jordan, once the kings and places overcome in battle had been conquered.