Joshua 18:8

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.”

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WEBBE

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 the LORD in Shiloh.”

BSB

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.”

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.

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.

BBE

So the men got up and went; and Joshua gave orders to those who went, to make a record of the land, saying, Go up and down through the land, and make a record of it and come back here to me, and I will make the distribution for you here by the decision of the Lord in Shiloh.

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וַיָּקֻמוּ vai·ya·ku·mu and they arose H6965 הָאֲנָשִׁים ha·'a·na·shim the men H582 וַיֵּלֵכוּ vai·ye·le·khu and they went H1980 וַיְצַו vay·tzav and he commanded H6680 יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ye·ho·shu·a' Joshua H3091 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַהֹלְכִים ha·ho·le·khim those [who] went H1980 לִכְתֹּב likh·to to describe in writing H3789 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הָאָרֶץ ha·'a·retz the land H776 לֵאמֹר le·mor (to) saying H559 לְכוּ le·khu go H1980 וְהִתְהַלְּכוּ ve·hit·ha·le·khu and walk about H1980 בָאָרֶץ va·'a·retz in the land H776 וְכִתְבוּ ve·khit·vu and describe in writing H3789 אוֹתָהּ 'o·tah (marks the object) it H853 וְשׁוּבוּ ve·shu·vu and return H7725 אֵלַי 'e·lai to me H413 וּפֹה u·foh and here H6311 אַשְׁלִיךְ 'ash·likh I will throw H7993 לָכֶם la·khem for (the) you H9036 גּוֹרָל go·ral a lot H1486 לִפְנֵי lif·nei (to) before H6440 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 בְּשִׁלֹה be·shi·loh in Shiloh H7887

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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Joshua Shiloh

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