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Joshua 18:6 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Joshua 18:6

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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; then 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 the LORD our God.

7 However, the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance east of the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.”

8 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 the LORD in Shiloh.”

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Related Verses

Deuteronomy 19:3

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"You shall prepare the way, and divide the borders of your land which the LORD your God causes you to inherit into three parts, that every man slayer may flee there."

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Isaiah 34:17

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"He has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it to them with a measuring line. They shall possess it forever. From generation to generation they will dwell in it."

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Exodus 34:24

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"For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither shall any man desire your land when you go up to appear before the LORD, your God, three times in the year."

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Joshua 23:4

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"Behold, I have allotted to 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 to the great sea toward the going down of the sun."

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Joshua 14:2

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

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Joshua 18:10

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

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From This Chapter

Joshua 18:1

"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."

Joshua 18:2

"Seven tribes remained among the children of Israel, which had not yet divided their inheritance."

Joshua 18:3

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

Joshua 18:4

"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; then they shall come to me."

Joshua 18:5

"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."

Joshua 18:7

"However, the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance east of the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.”"

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