Joshua:18:1-10
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And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh ,
and set up the (
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For they had now removed it from Gilgal ,
and set it up in Shiloh .(:
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tabernacle of the congregation there .
And the land was subdued before them .
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And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes , (
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As Eleazar ,
Joshua ,
and the heads of the tribes had done to Judah ,
Ephraim ,
and half of Manasseh .(:
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which had not yet received their inheritance .
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Therefore Ioshua said vnto the children of Israel ,
Howe long are ye so slacke to enter and possesse the land which the Lord God of your fathers hath giuen you ?
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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 (
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That is ,
into seven portions ,
one to every tribe .(:
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the inheritance of them ;
and they shall come [
again ]
to me .
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And they shall divide it into seven parts :
Judah shall abide in their coast on the south ,
and the house of Joseph shall (
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For these had their inheritance already appointed .(:
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abide in their coasts on the north .
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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 (
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Before the ark of the Lord .(:
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LORD our God .
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But the Levites have no part among you ;
for the (
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That is ,
the sacrifices and offerings , (
Jos_13
:14 ).(:
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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 .
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And the men arose ,
and went away :
and Joshua charged them that went to (
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By writing the names of every country and city .(:
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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 .
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So the men departed ,
and passed through the lande ,
and described it by cities into seuen partes in a booke ,
and returned to Ioshua into the campe at Shiloh .
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And Joshua (
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That everyone should be content with God '
s appointment .(:
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cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD :
and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions .
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