Joshua 18:4
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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.Appoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me
In other translations
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.Appoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me
Hebrew words
הָבוּhavuprovideH3051לָכֶםlakhemfor <the> yourselvesשְׁלֹשָׁהsheloshahthreeH7969אֲנָשִׁים'anashimmenH582לַשָּׁבֶטlashavetto the tribeH7626וְאֶשְׁלָחֵםve'eshlachemso I may send themH7971וְיָקֻמוּveyakumuand they may ariseH6965וְיִתְהַלְּכוּveyithalekhuso they may walkH1980בָאָרֶץva'aretzin the landH776וְיִכְתְּבוּveyikhtevuso they may describe in writingH3789אוֹתָהּ'otah<obj.> itH853לְפִיlefito [the] mouth ofH6310נַחֲלָתָםnachalataminheritance theirH5159וְיָבֹאוּveyavo'uso they may comeH935אֵלָי׃'elaito meH413
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Related verses
- Joshua 18:3And Joshua 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?So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you put off entering and possessing the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?
- Joshua 3:12Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
- Joshua 18:6Ye 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.When you have mapped out the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God.
- Numbers 1:4And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.
- Joshua 18:9And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.So the men departed and went throughout the land, mapping it city by city into seven portions. Then they returned with the document to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
- Joshua 4:2Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,“Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,
- Numbers 13:2Send 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.“Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man who is a leader among them.”
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