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Jos 18:6 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

that I may cast		Jos 18:8,10; Jos 14:2; Num 26:54,55; Num 33:54; Num 34:13; Psa 105:11; Pro 16:33; Pro 18:18; Act 13:19

Correlating Passages

that I may cast

	Jos 18:8	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.
	Jos 18:10	And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
	Jos 14:2	By lot [was] their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and [for] the half tribe.
	Num 26:54	To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.
	Num 26:55	Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
	Num 33:54	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.
	Num 34:13	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:
	Psa 105:11	Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
	Pro 16:33	The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof [is] of the LORD.
	Pro 18:18	The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
	Act 13:19	And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

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