Joshua 18:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ You shall write a description of 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ You shall describe the land in seven divisions, and bring the description here to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring the description hither to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God.

Common English Bible

⁶ But you will write a report in seven parts and bring the report back here to me. Then I will cast the lot for you here, before the LORD our God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ The land that is in the middle, between these, write it down in seven parts. And you shall come to me, so that I may cast lots for you about this, before the Lord your God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ The land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts. And you shall come hither to me, that I may cast lots for you before the Lord your God.

Joshua 18:6 Cross References

Psalm 105:11

saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as your portion for an inheritance.”

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is the Lord’s alone.

Proverbs 18:18

Casting the lot puts an end to disputes and decides between powerful contenders.

Numbers 33:54

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 apportion it.

Numbers 34:13

Moses commanded the Israelites, saying, “This is the land that you shall apportion by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe,

Acts 13:19

After he had destroyed seven peoples in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance

Joshua 14:2

Their inheritance was by lot, as the Lord had commanded Moses for the nine and one-half tribes.

Joshua 18:10

and Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord, and there Joshua apportioned the land to the Israelites, to each a portion.

Joshua 18:7

The Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the Lord is their heritage, and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.”

Joshua 18:8

So the men started on their way, and Joshua charged those who went to write the description of the land, saying, “Go throughout the land and write a description of it and come back to me, and I will cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh.”