Joshua 18:4
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Give out from among you three men for each tribe,.... That is, for each of the seven tribes, in all twenty one; though…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Three men for each tribe - i. e. 21 in all. Their duty would be to describe the land, especially with reference to the…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Three men for each tribe - Probably meaning only three from each of the seven tribes who had not yet received their…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Joshua 18:2-10
Here, I. Joshua reproves those tribes which were yet unsettled that they did not bestir themselves to gain a settlement…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Give out from among you If the territory was to be distributed, it was necessary that the more distant portions of the…
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