These are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed to them,
Even J. R. Dummelow thought he saw the hand of "P" here, writing:  "The mention of the priest here in association with the leader, to whom he is here given precedence, is one of the characteristics of the Priestly narrative."[7]  The "precedence" which Dummelow mentioned, however, could have been due to one thing alone:  Israel was at this point in the process of calling upon the God of heaven and earth to divide the land to the tribes by casting lots, and it is inconceivable that Israel would have done a thing like that without calling upon God for his blessing and guidance. That would have required both the presence and the "precedence" of Eleazar. We have repeatedly emphasized that there is actually no such thing as "a Priestly narrative (P)," except in the IMAGINATION of Bible critics.  There has never been published a copy of that alleged narrative, for the simple reason that there has never been any agreement in what is in it!  Until it is produced and made available for close study, our allegation that there is no such thing stands!