In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.
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The Lord taketh - that is, by lot. The Hebrew word for lot suggests that small stones, probably white and black ones, were used. These were …

The tribe which the Lord taketh. —There is nothing in the language of the passage, when closely considered, which would l…

In the morning therefore you shall be brought according to
your tribes
One or more of every tribe, accord…

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