Joshua 18:4

New Living Translation

Select three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to explore the land and map it out. They will then return to me with a written report of their proposed divisions of their new homeland.

Cross References

Micah 2:5

Others will set your boundaries then, and the Lord’s people will have no say in how the land is divided.

Numbers 1:4

and you will be assisted by one family leader from each tribe.

Numbers 13:2

“Send out men to explore the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to the Israelites. Send one leader from each of the twelve ancestral tribes.”

Joshua 18:3

Then Joshua asked them, “How long are you going to wait before taking possession of the remaining land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given to you?

Joshua 18:5

Let them divide the land into seven sections, excluding Judah’s territory in the south and Joseph’s territory in the north.

Joshua 18:6

And when you record the seven divisions of the land and bring them to me, I will cast sacred lots in the presence of the Lord our God to assign land to each tribe.

Joshua 18:9

The men did as they were told and mapped the entire territory into seven sections, listing the towns in each section. They made a written record and then returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh.

Joshua 3:12

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

Joshua 4:2

“Now choose twelve men, one from each tribe.