Joshua 18:6

but, ye, shall map out the [rest of the] land, into seven parts,—and bring in [your descriptions] unto me, here,—then will I cast lots for you here, before Yahweh our God.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

In Context

5So shall they apportion it for themselves into seven parts,—Let, Judah, stay upon his boundary, on the south, and, the house of Joseph, stay upon their boundary, on the north,

7For Levi hath no portion in your midst, for, the priesthood of Yahweh, is his inheritance,—and, Gad, and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance, beyond the Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave unto them.

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Cross References

Numbers 33:54And ye shall take your inheritance in the land by lot by your families—for the large one, ye shall make large his inheritance, and for the small one, make small his inheritance, whithersoever the lot cometh out to him, his, shall, it be, by the tribes of your fathers, shall ye take your inheritance.

Joshua 14:2By lot, was their inheritance divided,—as Yahweh commanded by the hand of Moses, unto the nine tribes and unto the half tribe.

Joshua 18:10And Joshua cast for them lots, in Shiloh, before Yahweh,—and Joshua there apportioned the land unto the sons of Israel, according to their portions.

Proverbs 16:33Into the lap, is cast the lot, but, from Yahweh, is its every decision.

Acts 13:19And, overthrowing seven nations in the land of Canaan, gave them their land as an inheritance—about four hundred and fifty years.

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 →

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