Joshua 18:8

New English Translation

When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land, “Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the Lord here in Shiloh.”

Cross References

Genesis 13:17

Get up and walk throughout the land, for I will give it to you.”

Isaiah 34:17

He assigns them their allotment; he measures out their assigned place. They will live there permanently; they will settle in it through successive generations.

Romans 14:19

So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.

Joshua 13:7

Now, divide up this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

Joshua 15:1

The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south.

Joshua 18:1

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

Joshua 18:10

Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions.

Joshua 18:6

But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the Lord our God.

Joshua 18:9

The men journeyed through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

1 Samuel 14:41

Then Saul said, “O Lord God of Israel! If this sin has been committed by me or by my son Jonathan, then, O Lord God of Israel, respond with Urim. But if this sin has been committed by your people Israel, respond with Thummim.” Then Jonathan and Saul were indicated by lot, while the army was exonerated.