Joshua 18:10

New Century Version

There Joshua threw lots in the presence of the Lord to choose the lands that should be given to each tribe.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 24:5

Men were chosen from Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s families by throwing lots. Some men from each family were chosen to be in charge of the Holy Place, and some were chosen to serve as priests.

Nehemiah 11:1

The leaders of Israel lived in Jerusalem. But the rest of the people threw lots to choose one person out of every ten to come and live in Jerusalem, the holy city. The other nine could stay in their own cities.

Psalm 47:4

He chose the land we would inherit. We are the children of Jacob, whom he loved.Selah

Psalm 61:5

God, you have heard my promises. You have given me what belongs to those who fear you.

Proverbs 18:18

Throwing lots can settle arguments and keep the two sides from fighting.

Jeremiah 7:12

“ ‘You people of Judah, go now to the town of Shiloh, where I first made a place to be worshiped. See what I did to it because of the evil things the people of Israel had done.

Ezekiel 47:22

You will divide it as family property for yourselves and for the foreigners who live and have children among you. You are to treat these foreigners the same as people born in Israel; they are to share the land with the tribes of Israel.

Ezekiel 48:29

“This is the land you will divide among the tribes of Israel to be their shares,” says the Lord God.

Micah 2:5

So you will have no one from the Lord’s people to throw lots to divide the land.

Numbers 34:16

Then the Lord said to Moses,

Matthew 27:35

When the soldiers had crucified him, they threw lots to decide who would get his clothes.

John 17:2

You gave the Son power over all people so that the Son could give eternal life to all those you gave him.

Acts 13:19

God destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan and gave the land to his people.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they may turn away from darkness to the light, away from the power of Satan and to God. Then their sins can be forgiven, and they can have a place with those people who have been made holy by believing in me.’

Colossians 1:12

And you will joyfully give thanks to the Father who has made you able to have a share in all that he has prepared for his people in the kingdom of light.

Joshua 14:2

The Lord had commanded Moses long ago how he wanted the people to choose their land. The people of the nine-and-a-half tribes threw lots to decide which land they would receive.

Joshua 14:5

The Lord had told Moses how to give the land to the tribes of Israel, and the Israelites divided the land.

Joshua 18:11

The first part of the land was given to the tribe of Benjamin. Each family group received some land between the land of Judah and the land of Joseph. This is the land chosen for Benjamin:

Joshua 18:6

You should describe the seven parts of land in writing and bring what you have written to me. Then I will throw lots in the presence of the Lord our God.

Joshua 18:8

So the men who were chosen to map the land started out. Joshua told them, “Go and study the land and describe it in writing. Then come back to me, and I will throw lots in the presence of the Lord here in Shiloh.”

Joshua 18:9

So the men left and went into the land. They described in a scroll each town in the seven parts of the land. Then they came back to Joshua, who was still at the camp at Shiloh.

Joshua 19:51

So these lands were given to the different tribes of Israel. Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders of each tribe divided up the land by lots at Shiloh. They met in the presence of the Lord at the entrance to the Meeting Tent. Now they were finished dividing the land.

Joshua 23:4

Remember that your people have been given their land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea in the west, the land I promised to give you.