Theseare the inheritanceswhichEleazarthe priest,and Joshuathe sonof Nun,and the headsof the householdsof the tribesof the sonsof Israeldistributedby lotin Shilohbeforethe LORDat the doorwayof the tentof meeting.So they finisheddividingthe land.
"The sceptershall not departfrom Judah,Northe ruler'sstafffrom betweenhis feet,UntilShilohcomes,And to him [shall be] the obedienceof the peoples.
So that He abandonedthe dwellingplaceat Shiloh,The tentwhich He had pitchedamong men,
He saidto them, "My cupyou shall drink;but to siton My rightand on [My] left,thisis not Mineto give,but it is for those for whomit has been preparedby My Father."
"Thenthe Kingwill sayto thoseon His right,'Come,you who are blessedof My Father,inheritthe kingdompreparedfor you from the foundationof the world.
evenas You gaveHim authorityover allflesh,that to allwhomYou have givenHim, He may giveeternallife.
"When He had destroyedsevennationsin the landof Canaan,He distributedtheir landas an inheritance--[all of which took] aboutfour hundredand fiftyyears.
Now theseare [the territories] whichthe sonsof Israelinheritedin the landof Canaan,whichEleazarthe priest,and Joshuathe sonof Nun,and the headsof the householdsof the tribesof the sonsof Israelapportionedto them for an inheritance,
Then the wholecongregationof the sonsof Israelassembledthemselves at Shiloh,and setup the tentof meetingthere;and the landwas subduedbeforethem.
And Joshuacastlotsfor them in Shilohbeforethe LORD,and thereJoshuadividedthe landto the sonsof Israelaccording to their divisions.
Then the LORDspoketo Joshua,saying,
So they said,"Behold,there is a feastof the LORDfrom yearto yearin Shiloh,whichis on the northsideof Bethel,on the eastsideof the highwaythat goesup from Bethelto Shechem,and on the southsideof Lebonah."
and watch;and behold,ifthe daughtersof Shilohcomeout to takepartin the dances,then you shall comeout of the vineyardsand eachof you shall catchhis wifefrom the daughtersof Shiloh,and goto the landof Benjamin.
Now thismanwould goup from his cityyearlyto worshipand to sacrificeto the LORDof hostsin Shiloh.And the twosonsof Eli,Hophniand Phinehas,were prieststo the LORDthere.
