Joshua 18:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ So the men rose up and went. And Yehoshua commanded those who went to describe the land, saying, “Go, walk through the land, and describe it, and come back to me, and let me cast lots for you here before יהוה  in Shiloh.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ So the men arose and went, and Joshua charged them saying, Go and walk through the land and describe it and come again to me, and I will cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And the men arose, and went: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh.

Common English Bible

⁸ When the men had prepared to go, Joshua gave orders to those going to write a description of the land. “Go and travel around the land, write about it, and return to me. I will cast the lot for you before the LORD here in Shiloh.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And when the men had risen up, so that they might go out to describe the land, Joshua instructed them, saying, "Circle through the land, and describe it, and return to me, so that I may cast lots for you about this, before the Lord, in Shiloh."

Joshua 18:8 Cross References

Genesis 13:17

“Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”

Isaiah 34:17

And He shall cast the lot for them, and His hand shall divide it among them with a measuring line – they possess it forever, from generation to generation they dwell in it.

Romans 14:19

So, then, let us pursue the matters of peace and the matters for building up one another.

Joshua 13:7

“And now, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Menashsheh.”

Joshua 15:1

And the lot of the tribe of the children of Yehuḏ

Joshua 18:1

And all the congregation of the children of Yisra’ĕ

Joshua 18:10

And Yehoshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before יהוה, and there Yehoshua divided the land to the children of Yisra’ĕ

Joshua 18:6

and you shall describe the land in seven portions, and shall bring it to me. Then I shall cast lots for you here before יהוה  our Elohim.

Joshua 18:9

So the men went, and passed through the land, and described it in a book in seven portions by cities. And they came to Yehoshua at the camp in Shiloh.

1 Samuel 14:41

Then Sha’ul said to יהוה  Elohim of Yisra’ĕ