Joshua 14:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.

Lot

Matthew 25:34

General references

Numbers 34:14

Proverbs 18:18

Bible References

Lot

But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the larger you shall give more inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give less inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to anyone, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.

So Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the land that you are to apportion by lot among you as a possession, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes.

The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You support my lot.

The lot is cast into the lap,
But its every decision is from the Lord.

The cast lot puts an end to strife
And decides between the mighty ones.

“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

General references

For the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received theirs according to their fathers’ households, and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to their fathers’ households, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their possession.

The cast lot puts an end to strife
And decides between the mighty ones.