Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Describe

Bible References

Three

Joshua 18:3
So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you delay going out to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, gave you?
Joshua 3:12
Now choose 12 men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.
Joshua 4:2
“Choose 12 men from the people, one man for each tribe,
Numbers 1:4
A man from each tribe is to be with you, each one the head of his ancestral house.
Numbers 13:2
“Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.”

Describe

Joshua 18:6
When you have written a description of 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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