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Joshua 18:9 KJV
Joshua · chapter 18 · verse 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.Joshua 18:9 · King James Version
Joshua 18:9 in context
7But the Levites have no part among you; for the 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.
8And 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.
9And 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.
10And 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.
11And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- describedkâthabto grave, by implication, to writeH3789 →
- throughʻâbarto cross overH5674 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- JoshuaYᵉhôwshûwaʻJehoshua , the Jewish leaderH3091 →
- sevenshebaʻsevenH7651 →
- partschêleqproperly, smoothnessH2506 →
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Here, I. Joshua reproves those tribes which were yet unsettled that they did not bestir themselves to gain a settlement in the land which God had given them. Seven tribes were yet unprovided for, though sure of an inheritance, yet uncertain where it should be, and it seems in no great care about it, Jos 18:2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 2-10