Joshua 18:4

New American Bible - revised edition

Choose three representatives from each of your tribes; I will send them to go throughout the land and describe it for purposes of acquiring their heritage. When they return to me

Cross References

Micah 2:5

Thus you shall have no one in the assembly of the Lord to allot to you a share of land.

Numbers 1:4

With you there shall be a man from each tribe, each the head of his ancestral house.

Numbers 13:2

Send men to reconnoiter the land of Canaan, which I am giving the Israelites. You shall send one man from each ancestral tribe, every one a leader among them.

Joshua 18:3

Joshua therefore said to the Israelites, “How much longer will you put off taking steps to possess the land which the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you?

Joshua 18:5

you shall divide it into seven parts. Judah is to retain its territory in the south, and the house of Joseph its territory in the north.

Joshua 18:6

You shall bring to me here the description of the land in seven sections. I will then cast lots for you here before the Lord, our God.

Joshua 18:9

So they went through the land, described its cities in writing in seven sections, and returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh.

Joshua 3:12

Now choose twelve men, one from each of the tribes of Israel.

Joshua 4:2

the Lord said to Joshua: Choose twelve men from the people, one from each tribe,