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Joshua 18:6

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.

KJV

Mediam inter hos terram in septem partes describite : et huc venietis ad me, ut coram Domino Deo vestro mittam vobis hic sortem :

Vulgate

ὑμεῖς δὲ μερίσατε τὴν γῆν ἑπτὰ μερίδας καὶ ἐνέγκατε πρὸς μὲ ὧδε, καὶ ἐξοίσω ὑμῖν κλῆρον ἔναντι Κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν.

LXX

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.

ASV

וְ/אַתֶּ֞ם תִּכְתְּב֤וּ אֶת הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ שִׁבְעָ֣ה חֲלָקִ֔ים וַֽ/הֲבֵאתֶ֥ם אֵלַ֖/י הֵ֑נָּה וְ/יָרִ֨יתִי לָ/כֶ֤ם גּוֹרָל֙ פֹּ֔ה לִ/פְנֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי/נוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
גּוֹרָ֖ל
gvrl
noun · 76×
הֵ֔נָּה
hnh
adverb · 50×
חֵ֥לֶק
chlq
noun · 66×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כְּתוּבִ֗ים
ktvbym
verb · 225×
נִי
ny
verb · 86×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
פֹּ֖ה
ph
adverb · 82×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 13:19 — And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
  • Josh 14:2 — By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
  • Josh 18:10 — And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
  • Josh 18:10 — And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
  • Prov 18:18 — The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.