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Joshua 18:8

in Joshua 18

As the men got up to go out, Joshua commanded them to map out the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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 Jehovah in Shiloh.

KJV

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.

This verse in Joshua 18

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Joshua commanded them to map out the land

on Joshua 18:8-10

The surveyors map the land into seven portions, which Clarke calls the first act of surveying on record. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown cite Josephus that men skilled in geometry did the work. With the lot cast as Numbers 26:55 directed, the survey removes guesswork and the lot removes favour.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

When we are in the way of our duty we are under the special protection of the Almighty. When it was surveyed, and reduced to seven lots, then Joshua would, by appeal to God, and direction from him, determine which of these lots should belong to each tribe (

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And the men arose, and went away,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

For this purpose a commission was given to twenty-one persons--three chosen from each of the seven tribes which had not yet received their inheritance, to make an accurate survey of the country.

The words behind it

25 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיָּקֻ֥מוּand they arose

    vaiyakumuH6965 →628 times

  • הָאֲנָשִׁ֖יםthe men

    haanashimH582 →566 times

  • וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּand they went

    vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times

  • וַיְצַ֣וand he commanded

    vaytzavH6680 →494 times

  • יְהוֹשֻׁ֡עַJoshua

    yehoshua'H3091 →218 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַהֹלְכִים֩those [who] went

    haholekhimH1980 →1546 times

  • לִכְתֹּ֨בto describe in writing

    likhtoH3789 →224 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָאָ֜רֶץthe land

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • לֵאמֹ֗ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • לְ֠כוּgo

    lekhuH1980 →1546 times

  • וְהִתְהַלְּכ֨וּand walk about

    vehithalekhuH1980 →1546 times

  • בָאָ֜רֶץin the land

    vaaretzH776 →2504 times

  • וְכִתְב֤וּand describe in writing

    vekhitvuH3789 →224 times

  • אוֹתָהּ֙<obj.> it

    ʾotahH853 →10935 times

  • וְשׁ֣וּבוּand return

    veshuvuH7725 →1056 times

  • אֵלַ֔יto me

    ʾelaiH413 →5510 times

  • וּ֠פֹהand here

    ufohH6311 →

  • אַשְׁלִ֨יךְI will throw

    ʾashlikhH7993 →125 times

  • לָכֶ֥םfor <the> you

    lakhem

  • גּוֹרָ֛לa lot

    goralH1486 →78 times

  • לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • בְּשִׁלֹֽה׃in Shiloh

    beshilohH7887 →32 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Romans 14:19

    So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

    it leads to

    • Ephesians 4:29

      Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

    • Romans 12:18

      If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.

    • Psalms 34:14

      Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

    • Romans 15:2

      Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

    • Hebrews 12:14

      Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

  • Through

    Joshua 18:10

    And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.

    it leads to

    • Colossians 1:12

      giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

    • Acts 13:19

      And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.

  • Through

    Joshua 15:1

    Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:

    it leads to

    • Numbers 26:55–56

      Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.