Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And one chief, one chief shall ye take from a tribe to cause to inherit the land.

New American Standard Bible

You shall take one leader of every tribe to apportion the land for inheritance.

King James Version

And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

Holman Bible

Take one leader from each tribe to distribute the land.

International Standard Version

You are to appoint a leader from each tribe to divide the land for inheritance.

A Conservative Version

And ye shall take one ruler of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.

American Standard Version

And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.

Amplified

You shall take one leader from every tribe to divide the land for the inheritance.

Bible in Basic English

And you are to take one chief from every tribe to make the distribution of the land.

Darby Translation

And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land.

King James 2000

And you shall take one leader of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You will take one leader from every tribe to divide up the land for inheritance.

Modern King James verseion

And you shall take one ruler from every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And ye shall take also a lord of every tribe to divide the land,

NET Bible

You must take one leader from every tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.

New Heart English Bible

You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.

The Emphasized Bible

Also, one prince from each tribe, shall ye take to receive the land, as an inheritance.

Webster

And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

World English Bible

You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.

Youngs Literal Translation

and one prince -- one prince -- for a tribe ye do take to give the land by inheritance.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

one
אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

נשׂא נשׂיא 
Nasiy' 
Usage: 134

מטּה מטּה 
Matteh 
Usage: 251

the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Leaders For Distributing The Land

17 These the names of the men which shall cause you to inherit the land: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And one chief, one chief shall ye take from a tribe to cause to inherit the land. 19 And these the names of the men: for the tribe of Judah: Caleb, son of Jephunneh.

Cross References

Numbers 1:4-16

And with you they shall be a man, a man according to the tribe; a man he the head according to the house of their fathers.

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