Joshua 18:6

New International Version

After you have written descriptions of the seven parts of the land, bring them here to me and I will cast lots for you in the presence of the Lord our God.

Cross References

Psalm 105:11

“To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.”

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.

Proverbs 18:18

Casting the lot settles disputes and keeps strong opponents apart.

Numbers 33:54

Distribute the land by lot, according to your clans. To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one. Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.

Numbers 34:13

Moses commanded the Israelites: “Assign this land by lot as an inheritance. The Lord has ordered that it be given to the nine-and-a-half tribes,

Acts 13:19

and he overthrew seven nations in Canaan, giving their land to his people as their inheritance.

Joshua 14:2

Their inheritances were assigned by lot to the nine-and-a-half tribes, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

Joshua 18:10

Joshua then cast lots for them in Shiloh in the presence of the Lord, and there he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their tribal divisions.

Joshua 18:7

The Levites, however, do not get a portion among you, because the priestly service of the Lord is their inheritance. And Gad, Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan. Moses the servant of the Lord gave it to them.”

Joshua 18:8

As the men started on their way to map out the land, Joshua instructed them, “Go and make a survey of the land and write a description of it. Then return to me, and I will cast lots for you here at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord.”