He destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan and gave their land to our people.
Joshua 18:9 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition The men left and went across the land, dividing it into seven regions. They wrote down a description of each region, town by town, and returned to Joshua at the camp at Shiloh. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the men went and passed through the land and described it by cities in seven portions in a book; and they came again to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh. American Standard Version (1901) And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua unto the camp at Shiloh. Common English Bible So the men went and passed through the land and wrote about it in a document, city by city, in seven sections. They came back to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh. Catholic Public Domain Version And so they went out. And surveying it, they divided it into seven parts, writing it in a book. And they returned to Joshua, to the camp at Shiloh. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So they went: and surveying it divided it into seven parts, writing them down in a book. And they returned to Josue, to the camp in Silo. |
He destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan and gave their land to our people.
Joshua found out from the Lord how to divide the land, and he told the tribes what the Lord had decided.
Just before the men left camp, Joshua repeated their orders: “Explore the land and write a description of it. Then come back to Shiloh, and I will find out from the Lord how to divide the land.”