Joshua 18:9

Modern English Version

The men went and passed through the land. In a book they wrote a description of it by cities in seven portions, and they came back to Joshua at the Shiloh settlement.

Cross References

Acts 13:19

When He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave them their land as an inheritance by lot.

Joshua 18:8

So the men got up and left. Joshua commanded those who were leaving to survey the land, saying, “Go and walk back and forth throughout the land. Write a description of it, then return to me. Here in Shiloh I will cast lots for you before the Lord.”

Joshua 18:10

Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord. There Joshua apportioned the land for the Israelites according to their divisions.