约书亚记 18:6

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

你們要把地劃分七份，然後把圖樣拿給我；我要在這裡，在耶和華我們的　神面前，為你們抽籤。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
你 们 要 将 地 分 做 七 分 ， 写 明 了 拿 到 我 这 里 来 。 我 要 在 耶 和 华 ─ 我 们 　 神 面 前 ， 为 你 们 拈 阄 。

Contextual Overview

² But there were still seven tribes of Israel that had not yet received their land. ³ So Joshua said to the Israelites: "Why do you wait so long to take your land? The Lord , the God of your ancestors, has given this land to you. ⁴ Choose three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to study the land. They will describe in writing the land their tribe wants as its share, and then they will come back to me. ⁵ They will divide the land into seven parts. The people of Judah will keep their land in the south, and the people of Joseph will keep their land in the north. ⁶ You should describe the seven parts of land in writing and bring what you have written to me. Then I will throw lots in the presence of the Lord our God. ⁷ But the Levites do not get any part of these lands, because they are priests, and their work is to serve the Lord . Gad, Reuben, and East Manasseh have received the land promised to them, which is east of the Jordan River. Moses, the servant of the Lord , gave it to them." ⁸ So the men who were chosen to map the land started out. Joshua told them, "Go and study the land and describe it in writing. Then come back to me, and I will throw lots in the presence of the Lord here in Shiloh." ⁹ So the men left and went into the land. They described in a scroll each town in the seven parts of the land. Then they came back to Joshua, who was still at the camp at Shiloh. ¹⁰ There Joshua threw lots in the presence of the Lord to choose the lands that should be given to each tribe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that I may cast: Joshua 18:8, Joshua 18:10, Joshua 14:2, Numbers 26:54, Numbers 26:55, Numbers 33:54, Numbers 34:13, Psalms 105:11, Proverbs 16:33, Proverbs 18:18, Acts 13:19

Reciprocal: Joshua 18:4 - describe Joshua 19:1 - second lot Joshua 19:10 - third Joshua 21:8 - by lot

Cross-References

Isaiah 32:8
But a good leader plans to do good, and those good things make him a good leader.

Matthew 13:33
Then Jesus told another story: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and hid in a large tub of flour until it made all the dough rise."

Acts 16:15
She and all the people in her house were baptized. Then she invited us to her home, saying, "If you think I am truly a believer in the Lord, then come stay in my house." And she persuaded us to stay with her.

Romans 12:13
Share with God's people who need help. Bring strangers in need into your homes.

Galatians 5:13
My brothers and sisters, God called you to be free, but do not use your freedom as an excuse to do what pleases your sinful self. Serve each other with love.

Hebrews 13:2
Remember to welcome strangers, because some who have done this have welcomed angels without knowing it.

1 Peter 4:9
Open your homes to each other, without complaining.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ye shall therefore describe the land [into] seven parts,.... Or ye shall describe the land, even the seven parts of it when divided; it seems as if they were first to describe in general all the land not disposed of, and then divide it into seven parts, and make a particular description of each part, or form a plan, or draw a map of every part:

and bring [the description] hither to me; not by word of mouth, but as written in a book, or marked out in a map, and laid before him, see

Joshua 18:9;

that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord your God; in Shiloh, at the door of the tabernacle, and so before the Lord who dwelt in it, at whose disposal the lot was, and by which everyone of the seven tribes would have their part and portion assigned them most fitting and convenient for them, according to the will and counsel of God, in which it became them to acquiesce.