He gave them, i.e. Eleazar, or Joshua, with the consent of the princes appointed for that work.
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Joshua 17:4
4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.