Joshua 18:6

Good News Translation

Write down a description of these seven divisions and bring it to me. Then I will draw lots to consult the Lord our God for you.

Cross References

Psalm 105:11

“I will give you the land of Canaan,” he said. “It will be your own possession.”

Proverbs 16:33

People cast lots to learn God's will, but God himself determines the answer.

Proverbs 18:18

If two powerful people are opposing each other in court, casting lots can settle the issue.

Numbers 33:54

Divide the land among the various tribes and clans by drawing lots, giving a large piece of property to a large clan and a small one to a small clan.

Numbers 34:13

So Moses said to the Israelites, “This is the land that you will receive by drawing lots, the land that the Lord has assigned to the nine and one-half tribes.

Acts 13:19

He destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan and made his people the owners of the land.

Joshua 14:2

As the Lord had commanded Moses, the territories of the nine and one-half tribes west of the Jordan were determined by drawing lots.

Joshua 18:10

Joshua drew lots to consult the Lord for them, and assigned each of the remaining tribes of Israel a certain part of the land.

Joshua 18:7

The Levites, however, will not receive a share of the land with the rest of you, because their share is to serve as the Lord's priests. And of course, the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and East Manasseh have already received their land east of the Jordan, which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave to them.”

Joshua 18:8

The men went on their way to map out the land after Joshua had given them these instructions: “Go all over the land and map it out, and come back to me. And then here in Shiloh I will consult the Lord for you by drawing lots.”