Joshua 18:6
What does Joshua 18:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 18:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Ye 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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
Bible in Basic English · 1949And 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and ye describe the land <FI>in<Fi> seven portions, and have brought <FI>it<Fi> in unto me hither, and I have cast for you a lot here before Jehovah our God;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and 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 ourGod.
Context
v.5And they shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north.
v.6This passage
v.7For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 34:13
And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which Jehovah hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;
- Numbers 33:54
And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit.
- Psalms 105:11
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;
- Numbers 26:54
To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one according to those that were numbered of him shall his inheritance be given.
- Acts 13:19
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years:
- Joshua 18:10
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.
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