Joshua 18:4

New International Version

Appoint three men from each tribe. I will send them out to make a survey of the land and to write a description of it, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me.

Cross References

Micah 2:5

Therefore you will have no one in the assembly of the Lord to divide the land by lot.

Numbers 1:4

One man from each tribe, each of them the head of his family, is to help you.

Numbers 13:2

“Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.”

Joshua 18:3

So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you?

Joshua 18:5

You are to divide the land into seven parts. Judah is to remain in its territory on the south and the tribes of Joseph in their territory on the north.

Joshua 18:6

After you have written descriptions of the seven parts of the land, bring them here to me and I will cast lots for you in the presence of the Lord our God.

Joshua 18:9

So the men left and went through the land. They wrote its description on a scroll, town by town, in seven parts, and returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh.

Joshua 3:12

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

Joshua 4:2

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