Joshua 18:4

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 1:4 : 4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
  • Num 13:2 : 2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
  • Josh 3:12 : 12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
  • Josh 4:2 : 2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
  • Josh 18:3 : 3 And hua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
  • Josh 18:6 : 6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
  • Josh 18:9 : 9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to hua to the host at Shiloh.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 13:1-3
    3 verses
    82%

    1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

    2Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

    3And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.

  • Josh 18:8-10
    3 verses
    82%

    8And the men arose, and went away: and hua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.

    9And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to hua to the host at Shiloh.

    10And hua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there hua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

  • Josh 4:2-5
    4 verses
    80%

    2Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

    3And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

    4Then hua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

    5And hua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

  • Deut 1:22-24
    3 verses
    79%

    22And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.

    23And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

    24And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.

  • Josh 18:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of eph shall abide in their coasts on the north.

    6Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

  • Josh 3:11-12
    2 verses
    79%

    11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.

    12Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

  • Num 34:16-18
    3 verses
    78%

    16And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

    17These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of n.

    18And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

  • Josh 18:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.

    3And hua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?

  • Josh 3:2
    73%

    2And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;

  • Josh 1:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.

    12And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake hua, saying,

  • Josh 14:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and hua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.

    2By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.

  • Num 13:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:

    18And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

  • Deut 10:11
    71%

    11And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.

  • Deut 1:13
    70%

    13Take you wise men, and unrstanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

  • Deut 3:18
    70%

    18And I command you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.

  • Deut 3:28
    70%

    28But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.

  • Num 31:4
    70%

    4Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

  • Deut 19:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

    3Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divi the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.

  • Num 32:28
    70%

    28So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of n, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

  • Num 1:4
    70%

    4And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.

  • Num 34:13
    70%

    13And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

  • Ezek 47:21
    70%

    21So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.

  • Deut 1:8
    70%

    8Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.

  • Num 34:29
    70%

    29These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

  • Deut 1:15
    69%

    15So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and ma them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

  • Josh 14:5
    69%

    5As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.

  • Josh 7:14
    69%

    14In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.

  • Josh 22:1
    69%

    1Then hua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

  • Judg 18:9
    69%

    9And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.