KJV King James Version
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
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Joshua 18:10
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.
WEB World English Bible
Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh. There Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
ASV American Standard Version
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Joshua casteth for them a lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, and there Joshua apportioneth the land to the sons of Israel, according to their divisions.
Surrounding context — Joshua 18
7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD [is] their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
8 And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.
9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came [again] to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven.
13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which [is] Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that [lieth] on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
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וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֩H7993 · sha.lakhto throwלָהֶ֨םH9038 · hemthemיְהוֹשֻׁ֧עַH3091 · ye.ho.shu.aJoshuaגּוֹרָ֛לH1486 · go.ralallottedבְּשִׁלֹ֖הH7887 · shi.lohShilohלִפְנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeיְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַיְחַלֶּק־H2505 · cha.laqto divideשָׁ֨םH8033 · shamthereיְהוֹשֻׁ֧עַH3091 · ye.ho.shu.aJoshuaאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָאָ֛רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetלִבְנֵ֥יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelכְּמַחְלְקֹתָֽם׃ פH4256 · ma.cha.lo.qetdivision
Cross-references
Colossians 1:12Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:Acts 13:19And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.Joshua 18:6Ye 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.Ezekiel 48:29This [is] the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these [are] their portions, saith the Lord GOD.Ezekiel 47:22And it shall come to pass, [that] ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.Psalm 16:5-6The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.Matthew 27:35And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.Psalm 47:4He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.Joshua 18:8And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.Proverbs 18:18The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.Acts 26:18To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.John 17:2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.Joshua 19:51These [are] the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.Psalm 61:5For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given [me] the heritage of those that fear thy name.
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