Joshua 18:6 · KJV
“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.”
— Joshua 18:6
And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
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.
Joshua 18 — Context
Give out from among you three men for {each} tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come {again} to me.
5And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
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.
7But 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.
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.
Cross References
Joshua 14:2
By lot {was} their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and {for} the half tribe.
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.
Acts 13:19
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
Joshua 18:8
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.
Numbers 33:54
And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: {and} to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's {inheritance} shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. {give the more...: Heb. multiply his inheritance} {give the less...: Heb. diminish his inheritance}
Numbers 26:54-55
To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. {give the more...: Heb. multiply his inheritance} {give the less...: Heb. diminish his inheritance}
Proverbs 18:18
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
Psalms 105:11
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: {lot: Heb. cord}