Joshua 14:2
by the lot of their inheritance, as LORD commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.
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Numbers 26:55Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot. They shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
Numbers 34:13And Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which LORD has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe.
Joshua 18:6And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring [it] here to me. And I will cast lots for you here before LORD our God.
Psalms 16:5LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup. Thou maintain my lot.
Proverbs 18:18The lot causes contentions to cease, and decides between the mighty.
Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those at his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 14:2-6
The Distribution of Canaan. ( b. c. 1444.) 1 And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them. 2 By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. 3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto… Read the whole commentary →