Joshua 18:8

Christian Standard Bible

As the men prepared to go, Joshua commanded them  to write down a description of the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, write a description of it, and return to me. I will then cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the Lord.”

Cross References

Romans 14:19

So then, let us pursue what promotes peace  and what builds up one another.

Joshua 18:10

Joshua cast lots for them at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.

1 Samuel 14:41

So Saul said to the Lord, “God of Israel, why have you not answered your servant today? If the unrighteousness is in me or in my son Jonathan, Lord God of Israel, give Urim; but if the fault is in your people Israel, give Thummim.”  , Jonathan and Saul were selected, and the troops were cleared of the charge.

Joshua 18:6

When you have written a description of the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots  for you here in the presence of the Lord our God.

Joshua 18:1

The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh  and set up the tent of meeting there. The land had been subdued before them,

Joshua 15:1

Now the allotment for the tribe of the descendants of Judah by their clans  was in the southernmost region, south to the Wilderness of Zin and over to the border of Edom.

Joshua 13:7

Therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”

Genesis 13:17

Get up and walk around the land, through its length and width, for I will give it to you.”

Joshua 18:9

So the men left, went through the land, and described it by towns in a document of seven sections. They returned to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

Isaiah 34:17

He has cast the lot for them; his hand allotted their portion with a measuring line. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.