until the Lord took Israel away from his sight. And the Lord said this would happen! He sent his prophets to tell the people this would happen. So the Israelites were taken out of their country into Assyria. And they have been there to this day.
Micah 2:5 - Easy To Read Version So we will not be able\par to measure the land\par and divide it among the Lord’s people.’”\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore you shall have no one to cast a line by lot upon a plot [of ground] in the assembly of the Lord. [Rev. 21:27.] American Standard Version (1901) Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the assembly of Jehovah. Common English Bible Therefore, you will have no one to set boundary lines by lot in the LORD’s assembly. Catholic Public Domain Version Because of this, there will be for you no casting of the cord of fate in the assembly of the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the cord of a lot in the assembly of the Lord. |
until the Lord took Israel away from his sight. And the Lord said this would happen! He sent his prophets to tell the people this would happen. So the Israelites were taken out of their country into Assyria. And they have been there to this day.
The Lord said to Israel:\par “I will give the land of Canaan to you.\par The promised land will be yours.”\par
Some people came to Jerusalem from these towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer. But these people could not prove that their families really came from the people of Israel:
My share {\cf2\super [85]} is very wonderful.\par My inheritance {\cf2\super [86]} is very beautiful.\par
The Israelites will not stay in the Lord’s land. Ephraim will return to Egypt. In Assyria they will eat food that they should not eat.
So Moses gave this command to the people of Israel, “That is the land that you will get. You will throw lots [382] to divide the land among the nine family groups and half of Manasseh’s family group.
If a man’s parents were not legally married, then that man may not join with the men of Israel to worship the Lord. And none of his descendants [142] to the tenth generation—may join in that group!
The children of the third generation born to the Edomites and Egyptians may join with the men of Israel to worship the Lord.
God Most-High separated the people on earth and gave each nation its own land. God set up borders for those people. He made as many nations as there are angels. [211]
Joshua threw lots [66] for them in front of the Lord at Shiloh. In this way, Joshua divided the land and gave each family group its part of the land.
So each of your family groups should choose three men. I will send those men out to study the land. They will describe that land, and then they will come back to me.