Joshua 18:6
Good News Translation
Write down a description of these seven divisions and bring it to me. Then I will draw lots to consult the LORD our God for you.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall describe the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

New American Bible
You shall bring to me here the description of the land in seven sections. I will then cast lots for you here before the LORD, our God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts; and you shall come hither to me, that I may cast lots for you before the Lord your God.

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The land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts; and you shall come hither to me, that I may cast lots for you before the Lord your God.

that I may cast

Joshua 18:8,10 And when the men were risen up, to go to mark out the land, Joshua commanded them saying: Go round the land and mark it out, and return to me: that I may cast lots for you before the Lord in Silo. . . .

Joshua 14:2 Dividing all by lot, as the Lord had commanded the hand of Moses, to the nine tribes, and the half tribe.

Numbers 26:54,55 To the greater number thou shalt give a greater portion, and to the fewer a less: to every one, as they have now been reckoned up, shall a possession be delivered: . . .

Numbers 33:54 And you shall divide it among you by lot. To the more you shall give a larger part, and to the fewer a lesser. To every one as the lot shall fall, so shall the inheritance be given. The possession shall be divided by the tribes and the families.

Numbers 34:13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: This shall be the land which you shall possess by lot, and which the Lord hath commanded to be given to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe.

Psalm 105:11 Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.

Proverbs 16:33 Lots are cast into the lap, but they are disposed of by the Lord.

Proverbs 18:18 The lot suppresseth contentions, and determineth even between the mighty.

Acts 13:19 And, destroying seven nations in the land of Chaanan, divided their land among them by lot.

Context
The Remainder Divided
5Divide to yourselves the land into seven parts: let Juda be in his bounds on the south side, and the house of Joseph on the north. 6The land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts; and you shall come hither to me, that I may cast lots for you before the Lord your God.7For the Levites have no part among you, but the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. And Gad and Ruben, and the half tribe of Manasses have already received their possessions beyond the Jordan eastward: which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.…
Cross References
Joshua 14:2
Dividing all by lot, as the Lord had commanded the hand of Moses, to the nine tribes, and the half tribe.

Joshua 18:7
For the Levites have no part among you, but the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. And Gad and Ruben, and the half tribe of Manasses have already received their possessions beyond the Jordan eastward: which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.

Joshua 18:5
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