In Numbers 34, God lays out the boundaries of the land west of the Jordan River that ten tribes of Israel will be inheriting. The tribes of Reuben and Gad, along with part of the tribe of Manasseh, will living east of the Jordan (verses 13-15). God also identifies 10 tribal chieftains from these tribes who will assist Eleazar and Joshua in distributing the land (verses 16-29).
Commentator Michael Morales points out some parallels between Numbers 34 and Numbers 13, in another example of the way that two generations of Israelites are compared in the book of Numbers.
In Numbers 13, the scouts in year 2 of the Exodus toured the land "from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo-hamath (v. 21). This description accords with the land described in chapter 34 (see verses 3, 8).
In Numbers 13, ten scouts gave a false, misleading report of what they had seen and rejected God's gift of the land. But in chapter 34, 10 leaders would assist in allotting the land to the Israelites, in a sense repairing the sin of those 10 scouts. The second generation is ready to cross the Jordan and claim the land, unlike their parents.
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