Joshua 18:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Joshua 18:6

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.

The Land of Benjamin

11 ^aNow the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory of their lot came out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

12 ^aTheir border on the north side began at the Jordan, and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the mountains westward; it ended at the Wilderness of Beth Aven.

13 The border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz ^a(which is Bethel) southward; and the border descended to Ataroth Addar, near the hill that lies on the south side ^bof Lower Beth Horon.

Verse Comparison: Joshua 18:6

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American Standard Version
And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring `the description' hither to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God.

Amplified® Bible
You shall describe the land in seven divisions, and bring the description here to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.

Contemporary English Version
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Darby English Version
and *ye* shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring [the description] hither to me, and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God.

Good News Bible
Write down a description of these seven divisions and bring it to me. Then I will draw lots to consult the LORD our God for you.

King James Version
Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

New American Standard Bible
"You shall describe the land in seven divisions, and bring {the description} here to me. I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

New International Version
After you have written descriptions of the seven parts of the land, bring them here to me and I will cast lots for you in the presence of the LORD our God.

New King James Version
You shall therefore survey the land in seven parts and bring the survey here to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"You shall describe the land in seven divisions, and bring the description here to me. I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

Revised Standard Version
And you shall describe the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

Young's Literal Translation
and ye describe the land `in' seven portions, and have brought `it' in unto me hither, and I have cast for you a lot here before Jehovah our God;

New English Translation
But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the Lord our God.

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