Joshua 18:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring [the description] hither to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתֶּם תִּכְתְּבוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ שִׁבְעָה חֲלָקִים וַהֲבֵאתֶם אֵלַי הֵנָּה וְיָרִיתִי לָכֶם גּוֹרָל פֹּה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ

Transliteration

wə-ʾattem tiktəbû ʾet-hāʾāreṣ šibʿâ ḥălāqîm wa-hăbēʾtem ʾēlay hēnnâ wə-yārîtî lākem gôrāl pōh lipnê YHWH ʾĕlōhênû

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾattem*: conjunctive waw + 2nd person masculine plural pronoun - and you
*tiktəbû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you will write/describe
*ʾet-hāʾāreṣ*: direct object marker + definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
*šibʿâ*: numeral, feminine - seven
*ḥălāqîm*: noun, masculine plural - portions/divisions
*wa-hăbēʾtem*: conjunctive waw + Hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - and you shall bring
*ʾēlay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me
*hēnnâ*: adverb - here/to this place
*wə-yārîtî*: conjunctive waw + Qal perfect, 1st person singular - and I will cast
*lākem*: preposition with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for you
*gôrāl*: noun, masculine singular - lot
*pōh*: adverb - here
*lipnê*: preposition + construct state - before
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD
*ʾĕlōhênû*: noun, masculine plural with 1st person plural suffix - our God

Word Meanings

*tiktəbû*: write/record/map out
*ḥălāqîm*: portions/divisions/parts
*wa-hăbēʾtem*: bring/deliver/present
*wə-yārîtî*: I will cast/throw/draw lots
*gôrāl*: lot/portion/allotment

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Referenced Verses

Josh 14:2 : 2 by the lot of their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the {H2677} half-tribe.
Josh 18:10 : 10 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.
Ps 105:11 : 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;
Prov 16:33 : 33 The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.
Prov 18:18 : 18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, And parteth between the mighty.
Acts 13:19 : 19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave [them] their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years:
Josh 18:8 : 8 And the men arose, and went: 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; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh.
Num 26:54-55 : 54 To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one according to those that were numbered of him shall his inheritance be given. 55 Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
Num 33:54 : 54 And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit.
Num 34:13 : 13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which Jehovah hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half - tribe;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Josh 18:4-5
2 verses
85%
4Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come unto me.
5And they shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north.
Josh 18:7-11
5 verses
83%
7For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the {H2677} half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them.
8And the men arose, and went: 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; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh.
9And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua unto the camp at Shiloh.
10And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
11And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
Num 34:13
76%
13And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which Jehovah hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half - tribe;
Num 34:16-18
3 verses
76%
16And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
17These are the names of the men that shall divide the land unto you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
18And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.
Ezek 47:21-22
2 verses
76%
21So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
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, who shall beget children among you; and they shall be unto you as the home - born among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
Ezek 48:29
76%
29This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Josh 14:1-3
3 verses
76%
1And these are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed unto them,
2by the lot of their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the {H2677} half-tribe.
3For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the {H2677} half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
Num 33:54
76%
54And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit.
Josh 19:51
75%
51These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.
Josh 13:6-7
2 verses
75%
6all the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians; them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only allot thou it unto Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
7Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the {H2677} half-tribe of Manasseh.
Num 26:55-56
2 verses
74%
55Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
56According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.
Isa 34:17
74%
17And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
Josh 23:4
74%
4Behold, I have allotted unto you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun.
Acts 13:19
74%
19And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave [them] their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years:
Josh 21:8
73%
8And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by Moses.
Num 26:53
72%
53Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
Num 34:2
72%
2Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof),
Mic 2:5
72%
5Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the assembly of Jehovah.
Ezek 45:1
72%
1Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto Jehovah, a holy portion of the land; the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand [reeds], and the breadth shall be ten thousand: it shall be holy in all the border thereof round about.
1 Chr 6:65
72%
65And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.
Deut 1:22
71%
22And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.
Num 31:27
71%
27and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation.
Deut 1:8
71%
8Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
Josh 14:5
71%
5As Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land.
1 Chr 16:18
71%
18Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;
Deut 19:2-3
2 verses
71%
2thou shalt set apart three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.
3Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which Jehovah thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee thither.
Josh 17:4
71%
4And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren: therefore according to the commandment of Jehovah he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
Josh 16:1
71%
1And the lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el;
Num 34:29
70%
29These are they whom Jehovah commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
Judg 20:9
70%
9But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we will go up] against it by lot;
Josh 1:6
70%
6Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
Josh 7:14
70%
14In the morning therefore ye shall be brought near by your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which Jehovah taketh shall come near by families; and the family which Jehovah shall take shall come near by households; and the household which Jehovah shall take shall come near man by man.
Num 13:2
70%
2Send thou men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a prince among them.
Ezek 47:13
70%
13Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This shall be the border, whereby ye shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph [shall have two] portions.
Num 32:22
70%
22and the land is subdued before Jehovah; then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless towards Jehovah, and towards Israel; and this land shall be unto you for a possession before Jehovah.