Joshua 18:6 — Bible Verse (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.”
Joshua 18:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Joshua 18:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Joshua 18:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Joshua 18:6 — World English Bible
Joshua 18:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
Joshua 18:6 — American Standard Version
Joshua 18:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and ye describe the land <FI>in<Fi> seven portions, and have brought <FI>it<Fi> in unto me hither, and I have cast for you a lot here before Jehovah our God;”
Joshua 18:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Joshua 18:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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.”
Joshua 18:6 — Darby Translation
Joshua 18:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Ye shall describe the land therefore into seuen partes, and shall bring them hither to me, and I will cast lottes for you here before the Lord our God.”
Joshua 18:6 — Geneva Bible
Joshua 18:6 in Context — Joshua 18
4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
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.
7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.
8 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.
What Does Joshua 18:6 Mean?
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