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Joshua 14:2
Joshua 14:2 is verse 2 of Joshua chapter 14, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
King James Version
By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
World English Bible
by the lot of their inheritance, as Yahweh commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.
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Joshua 14:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel.
2 Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
3 For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites.
4 The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Numbers 26:55Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
Numbers 26:56Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”
Numbers 33:54And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.
Numbers 34:13So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes.
Psalms 16:5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
Psalms 16:6The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
Proverbs 16:33The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
Proverbs 18:18Casting the lot ends quarrels and separates strong opponents.
Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.