So take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from each tribe.

"Gather together twelve men from the people one man from each tribe

So Joshua called the twelve men whom he had chosen from the people of Israel, one man from each tribe.

Joshua told them, "Cross over again in front of the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan River. Then each of you pick up a stone on his shoulder with which to build a memorial, one for each of the tribes of Israel.

Appoint three men from each tribe and I'll send them. They'll begin to go through the land and record a description of it, categorized according to their inheritance, and then they'll report back to me.

These cities were each surrounded by pasture lands, as was the case with all of these cities.

and ten officials with him (one for each of the tribal families of Israel, each one of them a family leader among the tribes of Israel).

Then Joshua dismissed the people, and each man returned to his territorial inheritance.