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Joshua 18:4

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

3 And 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?

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.

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

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.

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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 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.

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  • Joshua 18:9

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

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  • Joshua 18:3

    And 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?

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  • Joshua 4:2

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

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  • Joshua 3:12

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

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  • Numbers 1:4

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

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  • Joshua 18:6

    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.

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