Thematic Bible: The land of canaan divided among tribes by
Thematic Bible
Casting Lots » The land of canaan divided among tribes by
in the assembly of the Lord
to divide the land by casting lots.
These were the portions that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed to the Israelite tribes by lot at Shiloh in the Lord’s presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.
This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to Israel’s tribes, and these will be their portions.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.
You will allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners living among you, who have fathered children among you. You will treat them like native-born Israelites; along with you, they will be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
The land must be divided by lot; they will receive an inheritance according to the names of their ancestral tribes.
Joshua cast lots for them at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.
To the rest of the Kohathites, 10 towns from half the tribe of Manasseh were assigned by lot.
They assigned by lot the towns named above from the tribes of the Judahites, Simeonites, and Benjaminites.
“When you divide the land by lot as an inheritance, you must set aside a donation to the Lord, a holy portion of the land, 8⅓ miles long and 6⅔ miles wide. This entire tract of land will be holy.
then after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave their land to them as an inheritance.