6And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring the description hither to me: and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.


In Context

3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which the LORD, the God of your fathers, hath given you?

4 Appoint for you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come unto me.

5 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.

6 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 the LORD our God.

7 For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the half tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.

8 And the men arose, and went: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh.

Joshua 18:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:6After 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.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:6Ye 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:6The land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts; and you shall come hither to me, that I may cast lots for you before the Lord your God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:6And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:6and 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:6Ye shall therefore describe the land in seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:6You shall survey the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:6and 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:6You shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.