Joshua 18:4

New Century Version

Choose three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to study the land. They will describe in writing the land their tribe wants as its share, and then they will come back to me.

Cross References

Micah 2:5

So you will have no one from the Lord’s people to throw lots to divide the land.

Numbers 1:4

One man from each tribe, the leader of his family, will help you.

Numbers 13:2

“Send men to explore the land of Canaan, which I will give to the Israelites. Send one leader from each tribe.”

Joshua 18:3

So Joshua said to the Israelites: “Why do you wait so long to take your land? The Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given this land to you.

Joshua 18:5

They will divide the land into seven parts. The people of Judah will keep their land in the south, and the people of Joseph will keep their land in the north.

Joshua 18:6

You should describe the seven parts of land in writing and bring what you have written to me. Then I will throw lots in the presence of the Lord our God.

Joshua 18:9

So the men left and went into the land. They described in a scroll each town in the seven parts of the land. Then they came back to Joshua, who was still at the camp at Shiloh.

Joshua 3:12

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

Joshua 4:2

“Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe.