Joshua 18:4

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.

Give out {H3051} from among you three {H7969} men {H582} for each tribe {H7626}: and I will send {H7971} them, and they shall rise {H6965}, and go {H1980} through the land {H776}, and describe {H3789} it according {H6310} to the inheritance {H5159} of them; and they shall come {H935} again to me.

Appoint three men for each tribe; I will commission them; and they are to set out, go through the land and describe it according to their inheritance; then they are to come back to me.

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

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.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 18:9 (2 votes)

    And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came [again] to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.

  • Joshua 4:2 (2 votes)

    Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

  • Joshua 18:6 (2 votes)

    Ye shall therefore describe the land [into] seven parts, and bring [the description] hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

  • Joshua 18:3 (2 votes)

    And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long [are] ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?

  • Numbers 13:2 (2 votes)

    Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

  • Joshua 3:12 (2 votes)

    Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

  • Numbers 1:4 (2 votes)

    And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.