Joshua 18:9
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.
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.
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.
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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- BSB
- So the men departed and went throughout the land, mapping it city by city into seven portions. Then they returned with the document to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- The men went and passed through the land, and surveyed it by cities into seven portions in a book. They came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.
- ASV
- And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua unto the camp at Shiloh.
- DARBY
- And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions, in a book, and they came to Joshua, to the camp at Shiloh.
- BLB
- And the men went and passed through the land, and they wrote it down by the cities in seven parts in a book, and they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
- ÅB
- Så gikk da mennene avsted og dro gjennom landet og skrev opp det de så der, by for by, i en bok i syv deler; deretter kom de tilbake til Josva i leiren ved Silo.
- OTB
- Mennene dro og reiste gjennom landet, og de skrev en beskrivelse av det etter byer i syv deler, og vendte tilbake til Josva i leiren i Sjilo.
- B1930
- Så gikk da mennene avsted og drog gjennem landet og skrev op det de så der, by for by, i en bok i syv deler; derefter kom de tilbake til Josva i leiren ved Silo.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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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