They were assigned by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.
Joshua 18:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Joshua cast lots for them at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord, and there [he] divided the land to the Israelites, to each [tribe] his portion. American Standard Version (1901) And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions. Common English Bible Then Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD. There Joshua divided up the shares of the land for the Israelites. Catholic Public Domain Version And he cast lots before the Lord, at Shiloh, and he divided the land to the sons of Israel, in seven parts. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he cast lots before the Lord in Silo, and divided the land to the children of Israel into seven parts. |
They were assigned by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.
Now the leaders of the people stayed in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots for one out of ten to come and live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine-tenths remained in their towns.
‘ “But return to my place that was at Shiloh, where I made my name dwell at first. See what I did to it because of the evil of my people Israel.
You will allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners residing among you, who have fathered children among you. You will treat them like native-born Israelites; along with you, they will be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to Israel’s tribes, and these will be their portions.’ This is the declaration of the Lord God.
Therefore, there will be no one in the assembly of the Lord to divide the land by casting lots. ,
since you gave him authority over all people, , so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.
and after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.
to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.”
giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.
Their inheritance was by lot as the Lord commanded through Moses for the nine and a half tribes,
So the Israelites did as the Lord commanded Moses, and they divided the land.
The lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin’s descendants by their clans, and their allotted territory lay between Judah’s descendants and Joseph’s descendants.
When you have written a description of the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the Lord our God.
As the men prepared to go, Joshua commanded them to write down a description of the land, saying, ‘Go and survey the land, write a description of it, and return to me. I will then cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the Lord.’
So the men left, went through the land, and described it by towns in a document of seven sections. They returned to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
These were the portions that the priest Eleazar, Joshua son of Nun, and the family heads distributed to the Israelite tribes by lot at Shiloh in the Lord’s presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.
See, I have allotted these remaining nations to you as an inheritance for your tribes, including all the nations I have destroyed, from the Jordan westwards to the Mediterranean Sea.