The leaders who would propose the divisions

In Numbers, chapter 34:16-29, Yahweh told Moses who would decide how to apportion the inherited Promised land.  This took place even before the battles had begun.  They would make the divisions of the newly conquered land.  First, there was the priest Eleazasr and then Joshua, the son of Nun.  From the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; from the tribe of Simeon, Shemuel son of Ammihud; from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon; from the tribe of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli; from Joseph, the tribe of Manasseh, Hanniel son of Ephod; from the tribe of Ephraim, Kemuel son of Shiphtan; from the tribe of Zebulun, Eli-zaphan son of Parnach; from the tribe of Issachar, Paltiel son of Azzan; from the tribe of Asher, Ahihud son of Shelomi; and from the tribe of Naphtali, Pedahel son of Ammihud.  Yahweh had specifically mentioned these men, but this was the only time that any of these ten men were mentioned in the biblical works, except for Caleb.  Missing from this list were the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and Levi.  Gad and Reuben stayed out of the Canaan inheritance, while the Levites had a special role.  Do you think that individuals should divide lands?

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