Joshua 18:6

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.

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WEBBE

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

BSB

When you have mapped out the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God.

KJV

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.

ASV

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 Jehovah our God.

BBE

And you are to have the land marked out in seven parts, and come back to me with the record; and I will make the distribution for you here by the decision of the Lord our God.

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וְאַתֶּם ve·'a·tem and you H859 תִּכְתְּבוּ tikh·te·vu you will describe in writing H3789 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הָאָרֶץ ha·'a·retz the land H776 שִׁבְעָה shiv·'ah seven H7651 חֲלָקִים cha·la·kim portions H2506 וַהֲבֵאתֶם va·ha·ve·tem and you will bring [it] H935 אֵלַי 'e·lai to me H413 הֵנָּה he·nah hither H2008 וְיָרִיתִי ve·ya·ri·ti and I will throw H3384 לָכֶם la·khem for (the) you H9036 גּוֹרָל go·ral a lot H1486 פֹּה poh here H6311 לִפְנֵי lif·nei (to) before H6440 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 אֱלֹהֵינוּ 'e·lo·hei·nu God our H430

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 2–10

After a year or more, Joshua blamed their slackness, and told them how to proceed. God, by his grace, has given us a title to a good land, the heavenly Canaan, but we are slack to take possession of it; we enter not into that rest, as we might by faith, and hope, and holy joy. How long shall it be thus with us? How long shall we thus stand in our own light, and forsake our own mercies for lying vanities? Joshua stirs the Israelites up to take possession of their lots. He is ready to do his part, if they will do theirs.

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Judah

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.