The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is the Lord's alone.
Joshua 14:2 - New Revised Standard Version Their inheritance was by lot, as the Lord had commanded Moses for the nine and one-half tribes. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Their inheritance was by lot, as the Lord commanded Moses, for the nine and one-half tribes. American Standard Version (1901) by the lot of their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe. Common English Bible Their legacy was assigned by lot, exactly as the LORD had commanded the nine and a half tribes through Moses. Catholic Public Domain Version dividing all by lot, just as the Lord had instructed by the hand of Moses, to the nine tribes and to the one half tribe. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Dividing all by lot, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, to the nine tribes, and the half tribe. |
The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is the Lord's alone.
Casting the lot puts an end to disputes and decides between powerful contenders.
When you allot the land as an inheritance, you shall set aside for the Lord a portion of the land as a holy district, twenty-five thousand cubits long and twenty thousand cubits wide; it shall be holy throughout its entire extent.
You shall apportion the land by lot according to your clans; to a large one you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small one you shall give a small inheritance; the inheritance shall belong to the person on whom the lot falls; according to your ancestral tribes you shall inherit.
Moses commanded the Israelites, saying: This is the land that you shall inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe;
These are the names of the men who shall apportion the land to you for inheritance: the priest Eleazar and Joshua son of Nun.
Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was added to the eleven apostles.
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
and Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord; and there Joshua apportioned the land to the Israelites, to each a portion.
You shall describe the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.