Joshua 18:10
And he cast lots before the Lord in Silo, and divided the land to the children of Israel into seven parts.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Joshua 14:5As the Lord had commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel, and they divided the land.
Joshua 18:8And when the men were risen up, to go to mark out the land, Josue commanded them, saying: Go round the land and mark it out, and return to me: that I may cast lots for you before the Lord in Silo.
Joshua 23:4And now since he hath divided to you by lot all the land, from the east of the Jordan unto the great sea, and many nations yet remain:
Nehemiah 11:1And the princes of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: but the rest of the people cast lots, to take one part in ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities.
Psalms 47:4He hath subdued the people under us; and the nations under our feet.
Proverbs 18:18The lot suppresseth contentions, and determineth even 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 →