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.


In Context

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

4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.

5 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.

6 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.

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

8 And the men arose, and went away: 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, that I may here cast lots for you 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 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 English Revised 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 the LORD 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.