The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.
Joshua 18:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall describe the land in seven divisions, and bring the description here to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God. American Standard Version (1901) And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring the description hither to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God. Common English Bible But you will write a report in seven parts and bring the report back here to me. Then I will cast the lot for you here, before the LORD our God. Catholic Public Domain Version The land that is in the middle, between these, write it down in seven parts. And you shall come to me, so that I may cast lots for you about this, before the Lord your God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts. And you shall come hither to me, that I may cast lots for you before the Lord your God. |
The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.
You are to receive the land as an inheritance by lot according to your clans. Increase the inheritance for a large clan and decrease it for a small one. Whatever place the lot indicates for someone will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to your ancestral tribes.
So Moses commanded the Israelites, ‘This is the land you are to receive by lot as an inheritance, which the Lord commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes.
and after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.
Their inheritance was by lot as the Lord commanded through Moses for the nine and a half tribes,
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.
But the Levites among you do not get a portion, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the Lord. Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance beyond the Jordan to the east, which Moses the Lord’s servant gave them.’
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.’