Joshua 18:10
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before LORD. And there Joshua divided the land to the sons of Israel according to their divisions.
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Joshua 14:5As LORD commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did, and they divided the land.
Joshua 18:8And the men arose, and went. And Joshua charged those who went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me. And I will cast lots for you here before LORD in Shiloh.
Joshua 23:4Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea toward the going down of the sun.
Nehemiah 11:1And the rulers of the people dwelt in Jerusalem. The rest of the people also cast lots to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the [other] cities.
Psalms 47:4He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
Proverbs 18:18The lot causes contentions to cease, and decides between the mighty.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 18:3-11
The Tabernacle at Shiloh. ( b. c. 1444.) 1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. In the midst of the story of the dividing of the land comes in this account of the setting up of the tabernacle, which had hitherto continued in its old place in the centre of their camp; but now that three of the four squadrons that used to surround it in the wilderness were broken and diminished,… Read the whole commentary →