Bible Person

Paltiel

Meaning: deliverance; or banishment · Male · 1 cross reference

Paltiel is the prince of Issachar chosen in Numbers 34:26 to help divide the land. He belongs to the ordered process by which Canaan is apportioned among Israel's tribes. First appears in Num 34:26.1

AI summary: Paltiel matters because his single cross reference places him among the tribal representatives chosen to divide the land. The entry helps show that Israel's settlement was not improvised but carried out through named and accountable leaders. Taken together, the material presents Paltiel as Issachar's representative in the apportioning of the land.1

Central Figure

Paltiel

Meaning: deliverance; or banishment

Deliverance of God, the prince of Issachar who assisted “to divide the land by inheritance” (Num.