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Joshua 18:6

4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.
KJV
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.
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.
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.
BLB
And you⁺ shall write down the land [in] seven portions and bring it to me here, that I may cast for you⁺ lots here before the face of YHWH our God.
ÅB
Og dere skal skrive opp alt det som er i landet, i syv deler, og komme hit til meg med det dere har skrevet; så vil jeg kaste lodd for dere her, for Herrens, vår Guds åsyn.
OTB
Når dere har skrevet beskrivelsene av de syv delene av landet, bring dem hit til meg, og jeg vil kaste lodd for dere i Herrens, vår Guds, nærvær.
B1930
Og I skal skrive op alt det som er i landet, i syv deler, og komme hit til mig med det I har skrevet; så vil jeg kaste lodd for eder her, for Herrens, vår Guds åsyn.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Acts 13:19

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

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  • 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:

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  • 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.

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  • Psalms 105:11

    Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

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  • Proverbs 16:33

    The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.

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  • 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.

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