Joshua 14:2
The decision regarding the land division among the nine and a half tribes was made by casting lots, as the Lord had instructed Moses.
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Numbers 26:55The land has to be divided up by casting lots. Everyone shall receive their allotted land based on the name of their ancestor's tribe.
Numbers 34:13Moses gave the order to the Israelites, “Allocate ownership of this land by lot. The Lord has commanded it to be given to the nine and a half tribes.
Joshua 18:6Once you have written the description about the land, divided into seven parts, you will bring it to me here and I will cast lots for you in the presence of the Lord our God.
Psalms 16:5Lord, you alone are all I have; you give me what I need; you safeguard my future.
Proverbs 18:18Casting lots can end disputes and decide between powerful people.
Matthew 25:34Then the king will say to the ones on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, and inherit the kingdom that's been prepared for you from the beginning 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 →