Joshua 18:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Joshua 18:5

3 Then Joshua said to the children of Israel: ^a“How long will you neglect to go and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers has given you?

4 Pick out from among you three men for each tribe, and I will send them; they shall rise and go through the land, survey it according to their inheritance, and come back to me.

5 And they shall divide it into seven parts. ^aJudah shall remain in their territory on the south, and the ^bhouse of Joseph shall remain in their territory on the north.

6 You shall therefore survey the land in seven parts and bring the survey here to me, ^athat I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.

7 ^aBut the Levites have no part among you, for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. ^bAnd Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.”

8 Then the men arose to go away; and Joshua charged those who went to¹ survey the land, saying, “Go, walk ^athrough the land, survey it, and come back to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh.”

9 So the men went, passed through the land, and¹ wrote the survey in a book in seven parts by cities; and they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

10 Then Joshua cast ^alots for them in Shiloh before the Lord, and there ^bJoshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their¹ divisions.

Verse Comparison: Joshua 18:5

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American Standard Version
And they shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north.

Amplified® Bible
And they shall divide it into seven parts. Judah shall remain in its territory on the south and the house of Joseph shall remain in its territory on the north.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 18:3)

Darby English Version
And they shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their border on the north;

Good News Bible
The land will be divided among them in seven parts; Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and Joseph in its territory in the north.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
"They shall divide it into seven portions; Judah shall stay in its territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall stay in their territory on the north.

New International Version
You are to divide the land into seven parts. Judah is to remain in its territory on the south and the house of Joseph in its territory on the north.

New King James Version
And they shall divide it into seven parts. Judah shall remain in their territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory on the north.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"They shall divide it into seven portions; Judah shall stay in its territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall stay in their territory on the north.

Revised Standard Version
They shall divide it into seven portions, Judah continuing in his territory on the south, and the house of Joseph in their territory on the north.

Young's Literal Translation
and they have divided it into seven portions -- Judah doth stay by its border on the south, and the house of Joseph do stay by their border on the north --

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