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.


In Context

3 Joshua said to the children of Israel, |How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you?

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

5 They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their borders on the north.

6 You 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.

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

8 The men arose and went. Joshua commanded those who went to survey the land, saying, |Go walk through the land, survey it, and come again to me. I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh 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 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 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.