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Joshua 18:4

2 there were still seven tribes of Israel who had not yet received their inheritance.

3 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?

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

5 and divide the land into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their territory in the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory in the north.

6 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.

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BSB
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
KJV
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.
WEB
Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe. I will send them, and they shall arise, walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; then they shall come to me.
ASV
Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come unto me.
DARBY
Provide you three men for a tribe; that I may send them, and they shall rise and go through the land, and describe it according to the proportion of their inheritance, and they shall come to me.
BLB
Appoint from among you⁺ three men for the tribe, and I will send them, and they shall rise and go through the land and survey it according to their inheritance, and they shall come to me.
ÅB
Kom nå med tre menn for hver stamme! Så vil jeg sende dem ut, og de skal gjøre seg rede og gå igjennom landet og skrive opp det de ser, for utskiftningens skyld, og så komme tilbake til meg.
OTB
Velg ut tre menn fra hver stamme. Jeg vil sende dem ut for å kartlegge landet og skrive en beskrivelse av det, i henhold til deres arv, og så skal de komme tilbake til meg.
B1930
Kom nu med tre menn for hver stamme! Så vil jeg sende dem ut, og de skal gjøre sig rede og gå igjennem landet og skrive op det de ser, for utskiftningens skyld, og så komme tilbake til mig.

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  • Numbers 13:2

    “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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  • Joshua 18:9

    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.

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  • Joshua 18:3

    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?

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  • Joshua 4:2

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

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  • Joshua 3:12

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

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  • Numbers 1:4

    And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.

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  • Joshua 18:6

    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.

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