Joshua 14:2
Dividing all by lot, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, to the nine tribes, and the half tribe.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Numbers 26:55Yet so that by lot the land be divided to the tribe and families.
Numbers 34:13And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: This shall be the land which you shall possess by lot, and which the Lord hath commanded to be given to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe.
Joshua 18:6The land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts; and you shall come hither to me, that I may cast lots for you before the Lord your God.
Psalms 16:5The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.
Proverbs 18:18The lot suppresseth contentions, and determineth even between the mighty.
Matthew 25:34Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you 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 →