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.
Joshua 18:6 in other translations
| BSB | When you have mapped out 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. |
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| WEB | You shall survey the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | and ye describe the land in seven portions, and have brought it in unto me hither, and I have cast for you a lot here before Jehovah our God; |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | And you are to have the land marked out in seven parts, and come back to me with the record; and I will make the distribution for you here by the decision of the Lord our God. |
| Webster | Ye shall therefore describe the land in seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God. |
What does Joshua 18:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 18:4-9
4-9. Give out from among you three men for each tribe--Though the lot determined the part of the country where each tribe was to be located, it could not determine the extent of territory which might be required; and the dissatisfaction of the children of Joseph with the alleged smallness of their possession gave reason to fear that complaints might arise from other quarters, unless precautions were taken to make a…
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…
Joshua 18:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 18:6
- Joshua 14:2
By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
- 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.
- Acts 13:19
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
- Numbers 34:13
And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
- Numbers 33:54
And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
- Psalms 105:11
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
- Proverbs 16:33
The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.
- Joshua 18:8
And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the Lord in Shiloh.
- Numbers 26:54-55
To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
- Proverbs 18:18
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
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Context
- Joshua 18:5
And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
- 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.
- Joshua 18:7
But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.
Joshua 18:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Vosotros, pues, delinearéis la tierra en siete partes, y me traeréis la descripción aquí, y yo os echaré las suertes aquí delante de Jehová nuestro Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et vous ferez le relevé du pays en sept parts, et vous me l’apporterez ici; et je jetterai ici le sort pour vous devant l’ Éternel, notre Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ihr aber sollt das Land aufschreiben zu sieben Teilen und mir das Verzeichnis hierherbringen; und ich werde euch das Los werfen, hier vor Jehova, unserem Gott. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Mediam inter hos terram in septem partes describite: et huc venietis ad me, ut coram Domino Deo vestro mittam vobis hic sortem: |