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New Living Translation

Joshua 18:10

And there at Shiloh, Joshua cast sacred lots in the presence of the Lord to determine which tribe should have each section.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Lot, the;   Shiloh;   Thompson Chain Reference - Casting Lots;   Lots, Casting;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gilgal;   Shiloh;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bochim;   Shiloh (1);   Shiloh (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Joshua;   Priests and Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Lots;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Shiloh ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Shiloh;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Shi'loh;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Division;   Joshua (2);   Joshua, Book of;   Libraries;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Lots;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Joshua cast lots for them at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.
Hebrew Names Version
Yehoshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Yehoshua divided the land to the children of Yisra'el according to their divisions.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
and Joshua cast a lot for them at Shiloh before Yahweh, and there he divided the land for the Israelites, to each a portion.
English Standard Version
and Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord . And there Joshua apportioned the land to the people of Israel, to each his portion.
New Century Version
There Joshua threw lots in the presence of the Lord to choose the lands that should be given to each tribe.
New English Translation
Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions.
Amplified Bible
Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD, and there Joshua divided the land to the sons of Israel, [to each tribe] according to their portions.
New American Standard Bible
Joshua then cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD, and there Joshua divided the land for the sons of Israel according to their divisions.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ioshua cast lottes for them in Shiloh before the Lord, and there Ioshua deuided the land vnto the children of Israel, according to their portions:
Legacy Standard Bible
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh, and there Joshua divided the land to the sons of Israel according to their divisions.
Contemporary English Version
Joshua found out from the Lord how to divide the land, and he told the tribes what the Lord had decided.
Complete Jewish Bible
Y'hoshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Adonai , and there Y'hoshua divided the land among the people of Isra'el according to their regions.
Darby Translation
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah. And there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
Easy-to-Read Version
Joshua threw lots for them in front of the Lord at Shiloh. In this way Joshua divided the land and gave each tribe its part of the land.
George Lamsa Translation
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD; and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel into districts.
Good News Translation
Joshua drew lots to consult the Lord for them, and assigned each of the remaining tribes of Israel a certain part of the land.
Literal Translation
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah. And Joshua apportioned the land to the sons of Israel there, according to their divisions.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then Iosua cast the lot ouer them at Silo before the LORDE, and there distributed the londe amonge the children of Israel, vnto euery one his parte.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
And Joshua made the distribution for them in Shiloh by the decision of the Lord, marking out the land for the children of Israel by their divisions.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iosuah cast lottes for them in Silo before the Lorde: & there Iosuah diuided the lande vnto the children of Israel, to eche their portion.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
And Ioshua cast lots for them in Shiloh, before the Lord: and there Ioshua diuided the land vnto the children of Israel according to their diuisions.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joshua cast the lot for them in Selo before the Lord.
English Revised Version
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.
Berean Standard Bible
And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Which Josue sente lottis bifor the Lord God in Silo, and departide the lond to the sones of Israel, in to seuene partis.
Young's Literal Translation
And Joshua casteth for them a lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, and there Joshua apportioneth the land to the sons of Israel, according to their divisions.
Update Bible Version
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh: and there Joshua divided the land to the sons of Israel according to their divisions.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
World English Bible
Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh: and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
New King James Version
Then Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD, and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
New Life Bible
Joshua drew names for them in Shiloh before the Lord. There he divided the land among the people of Israel, a part for each family.
New Revised Standard
and Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord ; and there Joshua apportioned the land to the Israelites, to each a portion.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Joshua cast for them lots, in Shiloh, before Yahweh, - and Joshua there apportioned the land unto the sons of Israel, according to their portions.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he cast lots before the Lord in Silo, and divided the land to the children of Israel into seven parts.
Revised Standard Version
and Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD; and there Joshua apportioned the land to the people of Israel, to each his portion.
THE MESSAGE
Joshua cast the lots for them at Shiloh in the presence of God . That's where Joshua divided up the land to the People of Israel, according to their tribal divisions.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD, and there Joshua divided the land to the sons of Israel according to their divisions.

Contextual Overview

2 But there remained seven tribes who had not yet been allotted their grants of land. 3 Then Joshua asked them, "How long are you going to wait before taking possession of the remaining land the Lord , the God of your ancestors, has given to you? 4 Select three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to explore the land and map it out. They will then return to me with a written report of their proposed divisions of their new homeland. 5 Let them divide the land into seven sections, excluding Judah's territory in the south and Joseph's territory in the north. 6 And when you record the seven divisions of the land and bring them to me, I will cast sacred lots in the presence of the Lord our God to assign land to each tribe. 7 "The Levites, however, will not receive any allotment of land. Their role as priests of the Lord is their allotment. And the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh won't receive any more land, for they have already received their grant of land, which Moses, the servant of the Lord , gave them on the east side of the Jordan River." 8 As the men started on their way to map out the land, Joshua commanded them, "Go and explore the land and write a description of it. Then return to me, and I will assign the land to the tribes by casting sacred lots here in the presence of the Lord at Shiloh." 9 The men did as they were told and mapped the entire territory into seven sections, listing the towns in each section. They made a written record and then returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh. 10 And there at Shiloh, Joshua cast sacred lots in the presence of the Lord to determine which tribe should have each section.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

cast lots: Joshua 18:6, Joshua 18:8, Proverbs 18:18, Ezekiel 47:22, Ezekiel 48:29, Matthew 27:35, Acts 13:19

before the Lord: Psalms 16:5, Psalms 16:6, Psalms 47:4, Psalms 61:5, John 17:2, Acts 26:18, Colossians 1:12

Reciprocal: Leviticus 16:8 - cast lots Numbers 26:55 - by lot Joshua 19:51 - in Shiloh Joshua 23:4 - Behold 1 Chronicles 24:5 - they divided by lot Nehemiah 11:1 - cast lots Proverbs 16:33 - General Micah 2:5 - cast Acts 1:26 - they

Cross-References

Genesis 16:10
Then he added, "I will give you more descendants than you can count."
Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her and give you a son from her! Yes, I will bless her richly, and she will become the mother of many nations. Kings of nations will be among her descendants."
Genesis 17:19
But God replied, "No—Sarah, your wife, will give birth to a son for you. You will name him Isaac, and I will confirm my covenant with him and his descendants as an everlasting covenant.
Genesis 17:21
But my covenant will be confirmed with Isaac, who will be born to you and Sarah about this time next year."
Genesis 18:3
"My lord," he said, "if it pleases you, stop here for a while.
Genesis 18:5
And since you've honored your servant with this visit, let me prepare some food to refresh you before you continue on your journey." "All right," they said. "Do as you have said."
Genesis 18:8
When the food was ready, Abraham took some yogurt and milk and the roasted meat, and he served it to the men. As they ate, Abraham waited on them in the shade of the trees.
Genesis 18:9
"Where is Sarah, your wife?" the visitors asked. "She's inside the tent," Abraham replied.
Genesis 18:13
Then the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh? Why did she say, ‘Can an old woman like me have a baby?'
Genesis 18:14
Is anything too hard for the Lord ? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord,.... For the seven tribes, as he had for the two tribes and a half at Gilgal; of the manner of casting lots, :-;

and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their division: the land that was divided into seven parts, he distributed to the seven tribes, as the lot came up for them, and then divided these several parts according to the families and households in each tribe.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Cast lots - See the Joshua 14:2 note.


 
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