约书亚记 18:8

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

那些人起程前去的時候，約書亞吩咐那些前去繪畫那地的人說：“你們要去，走遍那地，繪畫地形，然後回到我這裡來，我要在示羅這裡，在耶和華面前，為你們抽籤。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
划 地 势 的 人 起 身 去 的 时 候 ， 约 书 亚 嘱 咐 他 们 说 ： 你 们 去 走 遍 那 地 ， 划 明 地 势 ， 就 回 到 我 这 里 来 。 我 要 在 示 罗 这 里 ， 耶 和 华 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

Go: Genesis 13:17

that I may here: Joshua 18:6, Joshua 18:10, Joshua 7:16-18, Joshua 13:7, Joshua 14:1, Joshua 14:2, Joshua 15:1, 1 Samuel 14:41, Acts 1:24-26, Romans 14:19

Reciprocal: Isaiah 34:17 - he hath cast

Cross-References

Genesis 19:3
But Lot begged them to come, so they agreed and went to his house. Then Lot prepared a meal for them. He baked bread without yeast, and they ate it.

Deuteronomy 32:14
There were milk curds from the cows and milk from the flock; there were fat sheep and goats. There were sheep and goats from Bashan and the best of the wheat. You drank the juice of grapes.

Judges 5:25
Sisera asked for water, but Jael gave him milk. In a bowl fit for a ruler, she brought him cream.

Judges 13:15
Manoah said to the angel of the Lord , "We would like you to stay awhile so we can cook a young goat for you."

Nehemiah 12:44
At that time the leaders appointed men to be in charge of the storerooms. These rooms were for the gifts, the firstfruits, and the ten percent that the people brought. The Teachings said they should bring a share for the priests and Levites from the fields around the towns. The people of Judah were happy to do this for the priests and Levites who served.

Luke 12:37
They will be blessed when their master comes home, because he sees that they were watching for him. I tell you the truth, the master will dress himself to serve and tell the servants to sit at the table, and he will serve them.

Luke 17:8
No, you would say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat. Then get yourself ready and serve me. After I finish eating and drinking, you can eat.'

Luke 24:30
When Jesus was at the table with them, he took some bread, gave thanks, divided it, and gave it to them.

Luke 24:43
While the followers watched, Jesus took the fish and ate it.

John 12:2
There they had a dinner for Jesus. Martha served the food, and Lazarus was one of the people eating with Jesus.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the men arose, and went away,.... The seven tribes took the advice of Joshua, chose three men out of each tribe, and presented them to him, who gave them their commission and instruction to go and describe the land of Canaan, not yet disposed of, and whether subdued, or not subdued; upon which they prepared for their journey, and took it, after he had given them the following charge:

and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land; before they departed from him:

saying, go and walk through the land; and take particular notice, and an exact survey of it, both of the quality and the quantity of it:

and describe it; its cities and towns, hills and dales, the goodness and badness of the soil, and put it down in a book, or lay it out in a map, that it may be discerned by the eye what number of cities, and what space of ground it contains, and what parts are hilly and woody, and what otherwise:

and come again to me; to make a report of it:

that I may cast lots for you before the Lord in Shiloh; that is, for the several tribes which they belonged to, and by whom they were chosen for this purpose.