Joshua 18 · Verse 10

Joshua 18:10

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.
Joshua 18:10, King James Version

Joshua 18:10 in other translations

BSBAnd Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.
WEBJoshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD. There Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
ASVAnd Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
YLTAnd Joshua casteth for them a lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, and there Joshua apportioneth the land to the sons of Israel, according to their divisions.
DARBYAnd Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah. And there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
BBEAnd Joshua made the distribution for them in Shiloh by the decision of the Lord, marking out the land for the children of Israel by their divisions.
WebsterAnd Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.

What does Joshua 18:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Jos 18:10. Divided by Lot.

10. Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord--before the tabernacle, where the divine presence was manifested, and which associated with the lot the idea of divine sanction.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 18:2-10

After a year or more, Joshua blamed their slackness, and told them how to proceed. God, by his grace, has given us a title to a good land, the heavenly Canaan, but we are slack to take possession of it; we enter not into that rest, as we might by faith, and hope, and holy joy. How long shall it be thus with us? How long shall we thus stand in our own light, and forsake our own mercies for lying vanities? Joshua…

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Joshua 18:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֩vai.yash.leKhand he threwH7993
לָהֶ֨םla.Hemfor <the> them
יְהוֹשֻׁ֧עַye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091
גּוֹרָ֛לgo.Rala lotH1486
בְּשִׁלֹ֖הbe.shi.Lohin ShilohH7887
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַיְחַלֶּק\־vay.cha.lek-and he apportionedH2505
שָׁ֨םshamthereH8033
יְהוֹשֻׁ֧עַye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאָ֛רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
לִבְנֵ֥יliv.Neito [the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
כְּמַחְלְקֹתָֽם\׃\ \פke.mach.le.ko.Tamaccording to divisions theirH4256

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 18:10

  • Colossians 1:12

    Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

  • Acts 13:19

    And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

  • Joshua 18:6

    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.

  • Ezekiel 48:29

    This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord God.

  • Psalms 61:5

    For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.

  • Psalms 16:5-6

    The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

  • Joshua 19:51

    These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

  • Psalms 47:4

    He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

  • John 17:2

    As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

  • Ezekiel 47:22

    And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

  • Proverbs 18:18

    The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

  • Acts 26:18

    To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
cast lots.
6,8; Pr 18:18; Eze 47:22; 48:29; Mt 27:35; Ac 13:19
before the Lord.
Ps 16:5,6; 47:4; 61:5; Joh 17:2; Ac 26:18; Col 1:12

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Context

  • Joshua 18:9

    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.

  • Joshua 18:10

    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.

  • Joshua 18:11

    And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

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Joshua 18:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Josué les echó las suertes delante de Jehová en Silo; y allí repartió Josué la tierra á los hijos de Israel por sus porciones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Josué jeta le sort pour eux, à Silo, devant l’ Éternel, et Josué répartit là le pays aux fils d’Israël, selon leurs distributions.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da warf ihnen Josua das Los zu Silo vor Jehova. Und Josua teilte daselbst das Land den Kindern Israel aus nach ihren Abteilungen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Qui misit sortes coram Domino in Silo, divisitque terram filiis Israël in septem partes.