2By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
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And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. …
The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)The historian, having in the foregoing chapter given an account of the disposal of the countries on the other side Jordan, now comes to tell us what they did with the countries in the land of Canaan. They were not conquered to be left desert, a habitation for dragons, and a court for owls , Isa. 34:13. No, the Israelites that had hitherto been closely encamped in a body, and the greatest part of t…
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