Joshua 14:2
their inheritance was by lot, as Jehovah had commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and the half tribe.
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Numbers 26:55Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers shall they inherit;
Numbers 34:13And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall take for yourselves as inheritance by lot, which Jehovah 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 [the description] hither to me, and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God.
Psalms 16:5Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
Proverbs 18:18The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
Matthew 25:34Then shall the King say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from [the] world's foundation:
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 →