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Jos 18:9 — And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came [again] to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

described		The surveyors seem to have formed some kind of map of the country, as well as a description of it in writing. The Egyptians, from the situation of their fields, as annually overflowed by the Nile, acquired great skill in mensuration and land surveying; and some of the Israelites had, no doubt, learned these from them, without a knowledge of which they could not properly have divided the land. This is probably the first act of surveying on record.
into seven		Act 13:19

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into seven

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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Scott, Thomas. "Joshua 18:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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