Joshua 14:2
Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.
By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
by the lot of their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.
by the lot of their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- lot
- Though God had sufficiently pointed out by the predictions of Jacob and Moses what portions he designed for each tribe, yet we readily discern an admirable proof of His wisdom, in the orders he gave to decide them by lot. By this means the false interpretations which might have been given to the words of Jacob and Moses were prevented; and by striking at the root of whatever might occasion jealousies and disputes among the tribes, he evidently secured the honesty of those appointed to distribute the conquered lands of Canaan. Besides, the success of this method gave a fresh proof of the divinity of the Jewish religion, and the truth of its oracles. Each tribe finding itself placed by lot exactly in the spot where Jacob and Moses foretold, it was evident that Providence had equally directed both the predictions and that lot; and it would be the greatest folly and presumption not to acknowledge the inspiration of God in the words of Jacob and Moses; the direction of his hand in the lot, and his providence in the event.
- Numbers 26:55, 56; Numbers 33:54; Numbers 34:13; Psalm 16:5, 6; Proverbs 16:33; Proverbs 18:18; Matthew 25:34