Joshua 18:8

World English Bible (2000)

The men arose and went. Joshua commanded those who went to survey the land, saying, "Go walk through the land, survey it, and come again to me. I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh in Shiloh."

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  • Gen 13:17 : 17 Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its breadth; for I will give it to you."
  • Josh 7:16-18 : 16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel near by their tribes. The tribe of Judah was selected. 17 He brought near the family of Judah; and he selected the family of the Zerahites. He brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was selected. 18 He brought near his household man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.
  • Josh 13:7 : 7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."
  • Josh 14:1-2 : 1 These are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed to them, 2 by the lot of their inheritance, as Yahweh commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.
  • Josh 15:1 : 1 The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.
  • Josh 18:1 : 1 The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there. The land was subdued before them.
  • Josh 18:6 : 6 You shall survey the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God.
  • Josh 18:10 : 10 Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh. There Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
  • 1 Sam 14:41 : 41 Therefore Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, "Show the right." Jonathan and Saul were chosen; but the people escaped.
  • Acts 1:24-26 : 24 They prayed, and said, "You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen 25 to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place." 26 They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
  • Rom 14:19 : 19 So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 18:9-11
    3 verses
    90%

    9 The men went and passed through the land, and surveyed it by cities into seven portions in a book. They came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.

    10 Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh. There Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.

    11 The lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families. The border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

  • Josh 18:3-7
    5 verses
    83%

    3 Joshua said to the children of Israel, "How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you?

    4 Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe. I will send them, and they shall arise, walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come to me.

    5 They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their borders on the north.

    6 You shall survey the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God.

    7 For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Yahweh is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them."

  • Josh 19:51
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    51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, 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 Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of Meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.

  • Num 34:16-18
    3 verses
    74%

    16 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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

    18 You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.

  • Josh 14:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 These are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed to them,

    2 by the lot of their inheritance, as Yahweh commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.

  • Josh 6:7
    73%

    7 They said to the people, "Advance! March around the city, and let the armed men pass on before Yahweh's ark."

  • Deut 1:22
    73%

    22 You came near to me everyone 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 to which we shall come."

  • Josh 16:1
    73%

    1 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 Bethel.

  • Josh 1:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

    11 "Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, 'Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.'"

    12 Joshua spoke to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, saying,

  • Josh 14:5
    73%

    5 The children of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses, and they divided the land.

  • Josh 4:1-4
    4 verses
    72%

    1 It happened, when all the nation had completely passed over the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

    2 "Take twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

    3 and command them, saying, 'Take from out of the middle of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging place, where you will lodge tonight.'"

    4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

  • Judg 2:6
    72%

    6 Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.

  • Josh 7:2
    72%

    2 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, "Go up and spy out the land." The men went up and spied out Ai.

  • Josh 22:6
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    6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.

  • Deut 3:28
    71%

    28 But commission Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you shall see."

  • Num 34:13
    71%

    13 Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, "This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;

  • Josh 6:3
    71%

    3 All your men of war shall march around the city, going around the city once. You shall do this six days.

  • Josh 2:23
    71%

    23 Then the two men returned, descended from the mountain, passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had happened to them.

  • Josh 3:2
    71%

    2 It happened after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp;

  • Josh 22:1
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    1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

  • Josh 21:2
    70%

    2 They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "Yahweh commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for our livestock."

  • Josh 3:8
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    8 You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, 'When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.'"

  • Josh 1:16
    70%

    16 They answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

  • Josh 21:8
    70%

    8 The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.

  • Deut 10:11
    70%

    11 Yahweh said to me, "Arise, take your journey before the people; and they shall go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give to them."

  • Num 13:2
    70%

    2 "Send men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. Of every tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a prince among them."

  • Josh 8:8
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    8 It shall be, when you have seized on the city, that you shall set the city on fire. You shall do this according to the word of Yahweh. Behold, I have commanded you."