Joshua 18:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Appoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me”
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“Appoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come unto me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Give for you three men for a tribe, and I send them, and they rise and go up and down through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance, and come in unto me,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 18:4 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 1:4And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.
- Numbers 13:2“Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man who is a leader among them.”
- Joshua 3:12Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
- Joshua 4:2“Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,
- Joshua 18:3So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you put off entering and possessing the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?
- Joshua 18:6When you have mapped out the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God.
- Joshua 18:9So the men departed and went throughout the land, mapping it city by city into seven portions. Then they returned with the document to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
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