God destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan. He gave their land to his people.
Joshua 18:9 - Easy To Read Version So the men went into the land. The men went all through the land and wrote a description of it for Joshua. They listed all the cities and divided the land into seven parts. Then they went back to Joshua at Shiloh. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the men went and passed through the land and described it by cities in seven portions in a book; and they came again to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh. American Standard Version (1901) And 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. Common English Bible So the men went and passed through the land and wrote about it in a document, city by city, in seven sections. They came back to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh. Catholic Public Domain Version And so they went out. And surveying it, they divided it into seven parts, writing it in a book. And they returned to Joshua, to the camp at Shiloh. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So they went: and surveying it divided it into seven parts, writing them down in a book. And they returned to Josue, to the camp in Silo. |
God destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan. He gave their land to his people.
Joshua threw lots [66] for them in front of the Lord at Shiloh. In this way, Joshua divided the land and gave each family group its part of the land.
So the men that were chosen went to look at the land and write a description of it. Joshua told them, “Go all through the land and write a description of it. Then come back to me at Shiloh. Then I will throw lots [65] and let the Lord divide the land for you.”