Joshua 18:4
Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me.
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Referenced Verses
- Num 1:4 : 4 And to help you there is to be a man from each tribe, each man the head of his family.
- Num 13:2 : 2 “Send out men to investigate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a leader among them.”
- Josh 3:12 : 12 Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.
- Josh 4:2 : 2 “Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.
- Josh 18:3 : 3 So Joshua said to the Israelites:“How long do you intend to put off occupying the land the LORD God of your ancestors has given you?
- Josh 18:6 : 6 But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the LORD our God.
- Josh 18:9 : 9 The men journeyed through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
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- Num 13:1-33 verses82%
1 Spies Sent Out The LORD spoke to Moses:
2 “Send out men to investigate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a leader among them.”
3 So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command of the LORD. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.
- Josh 18:8-103 verses82%
8 When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land,“Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the LORD here in Shiloh.”
9 The men journeyed through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
10 Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions.
- Josh 4:2-54 verses80%
2 “Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.
3 Instruct them,‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”
4 Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.
5 Joshua told them,“Go in front of the ark of the LORD your God to the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to put a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the Israelite tribes.
- Deut 1:22-243 verses79%
22 So all of you approached me and said,“Let’s send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there.”
23 I thought this was a good idea, so I sent twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
24 They left and went up to the hill country, coming to the Eshcol Valley, which they scouted out.
- Josh 18:5-62 verses79%
5 Divide it into seven regions. Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and the family of Joseph in its territory in the north.
6 But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the LORD our God.
- Josh 3:11-122 verses79%
11 Look! The ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth is ready to enter the Jordan ahead of you.
12 Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.
- Num 34:16-183 verses78%
16 Appointed Officials The LORD said to Moses:
17 “These are the names of the men who are to allocate the land to you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.
18 You must take one leader from every tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.
- Josh 18:2-32 verses75%
2 seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land.
3 So Joshua said to the Israelites:“How long do you intend to put off occupying the land the LORD God of your ancestors has given you?
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2 After three days the leaders went through the camp
- Josh 1:11-122 verses73%
11 “Go through the camp and command the people,‘Prepare your supplies, for within three days you will cross the Jordan River and begin the conquest of the land the LORD your God is ready to hand over to you.’”
12 Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh:
- Josh 14:1-22 verses72%
1 Judah’s Tribal Lands The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders.
2 The land assignments to the nine and a half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the LORD had instructed Moses.
- Num 13:17-182 verses71%
17 The Spies’ Instructions When Moses sent them to investigate the land of Canaan, he told them,“Go up through the Negev, and then go up into the hill country
18 and see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, few or many,
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11 Then he said to me,“Get up, set out leading the people so they may go and possess the land I promised to give to their ancestors.”
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13 Select wise and practical men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders.”
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18 Instructions to the Transjordanian Tribes At that time I instructed you as follows:“The LORD your God has given you this land for your possession. You warriors are to cross over before your fellow Israelites equipped for battle.
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28 Commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, because he will lead these people over and will enable them to inherit the land you will see.”
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4 You must send to the battle a thousand men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel.”
- Deut 19:2-32 verses70%
2 you must set apart for yourselves three cities in the middle of your land that the LORD your God is giving you as a possession.
3 You shall build a roadway and divide into thirds the whole extent of your land that the LORD your God is providing as your inheritance; anyone who kills another person should flee to the closest of these cities.
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28 So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes.
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4 And to help you there is to be a man from each tribe, each man the head of his family.
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13 Then Moses commanded the Israelites:“This is the land which you will inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes,
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21 “This is how you will divide this land for yourselves among the tribes of Israel.
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8 Look! I have already given the land to you. Go, occupy the territory that I, the LORD, promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants.”
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29 These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to divide up the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
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15 So I chose as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.
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5 The Israelites followed the LORD’s instructions to Moses and divided up the land.
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14 In the morning you must approach in tribal order. The tribe the LORD selects must approach by clans. The clan the LORD selects must approach by families. The family the LORD selects must approach man by man.
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1 Joshua Sends Home the Eastern Tribes Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
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9 They said,“Come on, let’s attack them, for we saw their land and it is very good. You seem lethargic, but don’t hesitate to invade and conquer the land.