Joshua 18:6

New Living Translation

And when you record the seven divisions of the land and bring them to me, I will cast sacred lots in the presence of the Lord our God to assign land to each tribe.

Cross References

Psalm 105:11

“I will give you the land of Canaan as your special possession.”

Proverbs 16:33

We may throw the dice, but the Lord determines how they fall.

Proverbs 18:18

Flipping a coin can end arguments; it settles disputes between powerful opponents.

Numbers 33:54

You must distribute the land among the clans by sacred lot and in proportion to their size. A larger portion of land will be allotted to each of the larger clans, and a smaller portion will be allotted to each of the smaller clans. The decision of the sacred lot is final. In this way, the portions of land will be divided among your ancestral tribes.

Numbers 34:13

Then Moses told the Israelites, “This territory is the homeland you are to divide among yourselves by sacred lot. The Lord has commanded that the land be divided among the nine and a half remaining tribes.

Acts 13:19

Then he destroyed seven nations in Canaan and gave their land to Israel as an inheritance.

Joshua 14:2

These nine and a half tribes received their grants of land by means of sacred lots, in accordance with the Lord’s command through Moses.

Joshua 18:10

And there at Shiloh, Joshua cast sacred lots in the presence of the Lord to determine which tribe should have each section.

Joshua 18:7

“The Levites, however, will not receive any allotment of land. Their role as priests of the Lord is their allotment. And the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh won’t receive any more land, for they have already received their grant of land, which Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave them on the east side of the Jordan River.”

Joshua 18:8

As the men started on their way to map out the land, Joshua commanded them, “Go and explore the land and write a description of it. Then return to me, and I will assign the land to the tribes by casting sacred lots here in the presence of the Lord at Shiloh.”