Joshua 18:4 - New International Reader's Version

⁴ Appoint three men from each tribe. I’ll send them to map out the land. Then they’ll write a report about its features. The report will point out the share of land each tribe will receive. Then the men will return to me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Provide three men from each tribe, and I will send them to go through the land and write a description of it according to their [tribal] inheritances; then they shall return to me.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ 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.

Common English Bible

⁴ Pick out three men for each tribe. I will send them out, and they will go up and travel throughout the land. They will write a description of it as the basis for determining their legacy. Then they will come back to me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Select three men from each tribe, so that I may send them, and they may go forth and circle through the land, and may describe it according to the number of each multitude, and may bring back to me what they have written down.

Joshua 18:4 Cross References

Micah 2:5

So you won’t even have anyone left in the Lord’s community who can divide up the land for you.

Numbers 1:4

One man from each tribe must help you. Those who help must be the heads of their families.

Numbers 13:2

“Send some men to check out the land of Canaan. I am giving it to the Israelites. Send one leader from each of Israel’s tribes.”

Joshua 18:3

So Joshua spoke to the Israelites. He said, “The Lord, the God of your people, has given you this land. How long will you wait before you begin to take it over?

Joshua 18:5

You must divide the land up into seven shares. Judah must remain in its territory in the south. The people in Joseph’s family line must remain in their territory in the north.

Joshua 18:6

Write reports about the features of those seven shares of land. Bring them here to me. Then I’ll cast lots for you in the sight of the Lord our God.

Joshua 18:9

So the men left and went through the land. They wrote a report about its features on a scroll. It showed how they divided up the land into seven shares. It listed the towns in each share. The men returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh.

Joshua 3:12

Choose 12 men from the tribes of Israel. Choose one from each tribe.

Joshua 4:2

“Choose 12 men from among the people. Choose one from each tribe.