Joshua 18:6

Joshua 18:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Joshua 18:6

4Choose three men from each tribe. I will send them to look at the whole land, to see what it is like. They must describe each part and then bring a report back to me. 5You must make it into seven parts. Judah's tribe will keep the land in the south. Joseph's two tribes will keep their land in the north. Divide the rest of the land into seven parts. See what the land is like and describe each of the seven parts. Bring your report to me. Then I will use lots to choose which tribe should receive each part of the land. The Lord our God will decide this. 7The Levites will not have any land of their own. Their gift from the Lord is to serve him. Gad, Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh already have their land on the east side of the Jordan River. The Lord's servant, Moses, gave it to them.’ 8Before the men left, Joshua said to them, ‘Go and look carefully at the land. Describe what you see. Then bring your report back to me here in Shiloh. I will use lots so that the Lord decides how to share the land between you.’

Joshua 18:6 word by word

וְאַתֶּ֞ם תִּכְתְּב֤וּ אֶת־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ שִׁבְעָ֣ה חֲלָקִ֔ים וַֽהֲבֵאתֶ֥ם אֵלַ֖י הֵ֑נָּה וְיָרִ֨יתִי לָכֶ֤ם גּוֹרָל֙ פֹּ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye shall therefore describeכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• partsחֵ֫לֶקchêleq · portionH2506
• and bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• hither to me, that I may castיָרָאyârâh yârâ' · to shootH3384
• lotsגּוֹרָלgôrâl gôrâl · allottedH1486
• for you here beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• our Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Joshua 18:6

• Joshua 18:8Before the men left, Joshua said to them, ‘Go and look carefully at the land. Describe what you see. Then bring your report back to me here in Shiloh. I will use lots so that the Lord decides how to share the land between you.’
• Joshua 14:2The leaders used lots to decide which parts of the land God had chosen for each of the 9½ tribes. This is what the Lord had told Moses to do.
• Numbers 26:54The big tribes will receive a big piece of land. The small tribes will receive a smaller piece of land.
• Numbers 33:54You must use lots to choose how to give part of the land to each family. You must give more land to the larger clans and you must give less land to the smaller clans. The lots will decide which piece of land belongs to each family. Each of your ancestors' tribes will get its own part of the land.
• Numbers 34:13Moses said to the Israelites, ‘That is the land for the Israelites to live in. You must use lots to give part of the land to each tribe. The Lord has told you to give it to the nine and a half tribes.
• Psalms 105:11He promised Jacob, ‘I will give to you the land of Canaan. It will belong to you, and to your descendants.’
• Proverbs 16:33People throw dice to choose what is right. But it is the Lord who decides the answer.
• Proverbs 18:18If two powerful people have an argument, you may have to throw dice to decide who is right.
• Acts 13:19He destroyed seven nations of people who lived in the land of Canaan. God gave their land to his own people so that they could live there.

Commentaries on Joshua 18:6

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 2-10Verses 2-10 After a year or more, Joshua blamed their slackness, and told them how to proceed. God, by his grace, has given us a title to a good land, the heavenly Canaan, but we are slack to take possession of it; we enter not into that rest, as we might by faith, and hope, and holy joy. How long shall it be thus with us? How long shall we thus stand in our own light, and forsake our own mercies for lying vanities? Joshua stirs the Israelites up to take…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Joshua cast sacred lots in public to prevent envy or suspicion among the people (see also study note on 7:16–18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-94-9. Give out from among you three men for each tribe--Though the lot determined the part of the country where each tribe was to be located, it could not determine the extent of territory which might be required; and the dissatisfaction of the children of Joseph with the alleged smallness of their possession gave reason to fear that complaints might arise from other quarters, unless precautions were taken to make a proper distribution of the land. For…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 18:6

• Judah
• Shiloh

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Commentaries on Joshua 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings