Joshua 18:6

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Write a description of the land in seven divisions and bring it to me here. I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

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  • Josh 14:2 : 2 Their inheritance was assigned by lot, as the LORD had commanded through Moses, for the nine and a half tribes.
  • Josh 18:10 : 10 Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD, and there he distributed the land to the Israelites, according to their divisions.
  • Ps 105:11 : 11 Saying, 'To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.'
  • Prov 16:33 : 33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.
  • Prov 18:18 : 18 Casting lots settles disputes and separates strong opponents.
  • Acts 13:19 : 19 And after He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave their land to them as an inheritance.
  • Josh 18:8 : 8 The men set out, and as they went, Joshua directed those going to map the land, saying, "Go, walk through the land, write a description of it, and return to me. Then I will cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh."
  • Num 26:54-55 : 54 Increase the inheritance for a larger group and decrease it for a smaller group; each person’s inheritance is to be given according to the number of those registered in his group. 55 But the division of the land is to be determined by lot; they will receive their inheritance based on the names of their ancestral tribes.
  • Num 33:54 : 54 You shall apportion the land by lot according to your clans. You shall give more to the larger groups and less to the smaller groups. The place where the lot falls for each shall be theirs. You shall divide land according to the tribes of your ancestors.
  • Num 34:13 : 13 Moses commanded the Israelites, saying: This is the land you are to inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes.

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  • Josh 18:4-5
    2 verses
    85%

    4Appoint three men from each tribe. I will send them out to survey the land and map it according to their inheritances. Then they will return to me.

    5Divide the land into seven portions. Judah will remain in its territory in the south, and the house of Joseph will remain in its territory in the north.

  • Josh 18:7-11
    5 verses
    83%

    7The Levites will not have a portion among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance east of the Jordan, which Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave them.

    8The men set out, and as they went, Joshua directed those going to map the land, saying, "Go, walk through the land, write a description of it, and return to me. Then I will cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh."

    9So the men went and surveyed the land. They wrote a description of it by its towns in seven divisions and brought the report back to Joshua at the camp at Shiloh.

    10Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD, and there he distributed the land to the Israelites, according to their divisions.

    11The lot of the tribe of Benjamin, according to their clans, came up. The territory allotted to their lot lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph.

  • Num 34:13
    76%

    13Moses commanded the Israelites, saying: This is the land you are to inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes.

  • Num 34:16-18
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    76%

    16The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

    17These are the names of the men who shall divide the land for you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.

    18You shall also appoint one leader from each tribe to divide the land as an inheritance.

  • Ezek 47:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21You are to divide this land among the tribes of Israel.

    22You are to allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners who reside among you and have children. They are to be considered native-born Israelites and are to share the inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

  • Ezek 48:29
    76%

    29This is the land you shall divide as an inheritance for the tribes of Israel, and these shall be their portions, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Josh 14:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1These are the territories the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the ancestral tribes allotted to the Israelites.

    2Their inheritance was assigned by lot, as the LORD had commanded through Moses, for the nine and a half tribes.

    3For Moses had given the inheritance to the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan River, but to the Levites he did not give any inheritance among them.

  • Num 33:54
    76%

    54You shall apportion the land by lot according to your clans. You shall give more to the larger groups and less to the smaller groups. The place where the lot falls for each shall be theirs. You shall divide land according to the tribes of your ancestors.

  • Josh 19:51
    75%

    51These were the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes distributed by lot at Shiloh before the LORD, at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing the land.

  • Josh 13:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, including all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive them out before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate the land to Israel for an inheritance as I have commanded you.

    7Now divide this land as an inheritance for the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  • Num 26:55-56
    2 verses
    74%

    55But the division of the land is to be determined by lot; they will receive their inheritance based on the names of their ancestral tribes.

    56Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller groups alike.

  • Isa 34:17
    74%

    17He has cast the lot for them, and His hand has divided it among them with the measuring line. They will possess it forever; from generation to generation, they will dwell there.

  • Josh 23:4
    74%

    4See, I have allotted to you these remaining nations as an inheritance for your tribes, along with all the nations I have destroyed—from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west.

  • Acts 13:19
    74%

    19And after He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave their land to them as an inheritance.

  • Josh 21:8
    73%

    8So the Israelites gave these cities with their pasture lands to the Levites, as the LORD had commanded through Moses, by lot.

  • Num 26:53
    72%

    53“Divide the land as an inheritance among these people, based on the number of names in each group.

  • Num 34:2
    72%

    2Command the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance—the land of Canaan with its boundaries:

  • Mic 2:5
    72%

    5Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.

  • Ezek 45:1
    72%

    1When you divide the land as an inheritance, you are to set apart a portion of the land as a holy offering to the Lord. The length is to be twenty-five thousand cubits, and the width ten thousand cubits. It will be a holy area throughout its entire boundary.

  • 1 Chr 6:65
    72%

    65From the tribe of Gad, they were given Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands.

  • Deut 1:22
    71%

    22Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let us send men ahead of us to explore the land and bring back a report about the route we should take and the cities we will come to.'

  • Num 31:27
    71%

    27'Divide the plunder between the warriors who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.'

  • Deut 1:8
    71%

    8See, I have set the land before you. Go and take possession of the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—and to their descendants after them.

  • Josh 14:5
    71%

    5The Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses and divided the land.

  • 1 Chr 16:18
    71%

    18He said, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance."

  • Deut 19:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2you are to set apart three cities in the midst of the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

    3Prepare roads for yourself and divide your land into three regions, the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that anyone who kills someone may flee there.

  • Josh 17:4
    71%

    4They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, 'The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.' So, in accordance with the LORD's command, they were given an inheritance among their father's brothers.

  • Josh 16:1
    71%

    1The lot for the sons of Joseph went out from the Jordan at Jericho, eastward to the waters of Jericho, into the wilderness, and ascended from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.

  • Num 34:29
    70%

    29These are the men whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

  • Judg 20:9
    70%

    9This is what we will do to Gibeah: We will decide by casting lots.

  • Josh 1:6
    70%

    6Be strong and courageous, for you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them.

  • Josh 7:14
    70%

    14In the morning, present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe the Lord selects shall come forward clan by clan; the clan the Lord selects shall come forward family by family; and the family the Lord selects shall come forward man by man.

  • Num 13:2
    70%

    2Send men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a leader among them.

  • Ezek 47:13
    70%

    13This is what the Lord GOD says: 'This will be the boundary by which you shall divide the land as an inheritance for the twelve tribes of Israel, with Joseph receiving two portions.'

  • Num 32:22
    70%

    22then the land will be subdued before the Lord, and afterward you may return and be free from obligation to the Lord and Israel. This land will then be your possession before the Lord.