Joshua 18:4

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe, and I will send them out. They are to go and survey the land, write a description of it for the purpose of their inheritance, and return to me.

Cross References

Micah 2:5

Therefore, there will be no one in the assembly of the Lord to divide the land by casting lots.

Numbers 1:4

A man from each tribe is to be with you, each one the head of his ancestral house.

Numbers 13:2

“Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.”

Joshua 18:3

So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you delay going out to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, gave you?

Joshua 18:5

Then they are to divide it into seven portions. Judah is to remain in its territory in the south and Joseph’s family in their territory in the north.

Joshua 18:6

When you have written a description of 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 18:9

So the men left, went through the land, and described it by towns in a document of seven sections. They returned to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

Joshua 3:12

Now choose 12 men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.

Joshua 4:2

“Choose 12 men from the people, one man for each tribe,