Joshua 18:4

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; and they shall come to me.

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WEBBE

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.

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.

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.

BBE

Take from among you three men from every tribe; and I will send them to go through the land and make a record of it for distribution as their heritage; then let them come back to me.

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הָבוּ ha·vu provide H3051 לָכֶם la·khem for (the) yourselves H9036 שְׁלֹשָׁה she·lo·shah three H7969 אֲנָשִׁים 'a·na·shim men H582 לַשָּׁבֶט la·sha·vet to the tribe H7626 וְאֶשְׁלָחֵם ve·'esh·la·chem so I may send them H7971 וְיָקֻמוּ ve·ya·ku·mu and they may arise H6965 וְיִתְהַלְּכוּ ve·yit·ha·le·khu so they may walk H1980 בָאָרֶץ va·'a·retz in the land H776 וְיִכְתְּבוּ ve·yikh·te·vu so they may describe in writing H3789 אוֹתָהּ 'o·tah (marks the object) it H853 לְפִי le·fi to [the] mouth of H6310 נַחֲלָתָם na·cha·la·tam inheritance their H5159 וְיָבֹאוּ ve·ya·vo·'u so they may come H935 אֵלָי 'e·lai to me H413

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 2–10

After a year or more, Joshua blamed their slackness, and told them how to proceed. God, by his grace, has given us a title to a good land, the heavenly Canaan, but we are slack to take possession of it; we enter not into that rest, as we might by faith, and hope, and holy joy. How long shall it be thus with us? How long shall we thus stand in our own light, and forsake our own mercies for lying vanities? Joshua stirs the Israelites up to take possession of their lots. He is ready to do his part, if they will do theirs.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.