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.
Choose three men from each tribe, and I will send them out. They will travel throughout the land and write down a description of it based on how it should be divided as an inheritance. Then they will return to me with their report.
Joshua is instructing the tribes to select representatives who will survey and map out the remaining land so it can be properly divided among the tribes as their inheritance.
📚 Historical Context
In the Book of Joshua, after the major conquests of Canaan, the Israelites were in the process of dividing the Promised Land among the tribes. Joshua instructed three men from each tribe to survey the remaining land and describe it for inheritance purposes, ensuring a fair distribution as per God's promises. This was a crucial step in settling the land that God had given to His people.
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