Proverbs 16:33

16:33 The dice are thrown into the lap, ¹ 

but their every decision ²  is from the Lord. ³ 

Joshua 14:2

14:2 The land assignments to the nine-and-a-half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the Lord had instructed Moses. ⁴ 

Joshua 14:1

Judah’s Tribal Lands

14:1 The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders. ⁵ 

Joshua 10:21-27

10:21 Then the whole army safely returned to Joshua at the camp in Makkedah. ⁶  No one ⁷  dared threaten the Israelites. ⁸  10:22 Joshua said, “Open the cave’s mouth and bring the five kings ⁹  out of the cave to me.” 10:23 They did as ordered; ¹⁰  they brought the five kings ¹¹  out of the cave to him – the kings of Jerusalem, ¹²  Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon. 10:24 When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he ¹³  summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him, “Come here ¹⁴  and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up ¹⁵  and put their feet on their necks. 10:25 Then Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹⁶  Be strong and brave, for the Lord will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight. 10:26 Then Joshua executed them ¹⁷  and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening. 10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. ¹⁸  They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.) ¹⁹ 

Joshua 14:1

Judah’s Tribal Lands

14:1 The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders. ²⁰ 

Joshua 14:1

Judah’s Tribal Lands

14:1 The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders. ²¹ 

Joshua 6:1

6:1 Now Jericho ²²  was shut tightly ²³  because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter. ²⁴ 

Joshua 24:31

24:31 Israel worshiped ²⁵  the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. ²⁶  These men had experienced firsthand everything the Lord had done for Israel. ²⁷ 

Nehemiah 11:1

The Population of Jerusalem

11:1 So the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, ²⁸  while the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten to settle in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine ²⁹  remained in other cities.

[16:33]  ¹ tn Heb “the lot is cast.” Because the ancient practice of “casting lots” is unfamiliar to many modern readers, the imagery has been updated to “throwing dice.”

[16:33]  ² tn Heb “all its decision.”

[16:33]  ³ sn The point concerns seeking God’s will through the practice. The Lord gives guidance in decisions that are submitted to him.

[14:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord had commanded by Moses, to the nine tribes and the half-tribe.”

[14:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “These are [the lands] which the sons of Israel received as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes assigned as an inheritance to the sons of Israel.”

[10:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “all the people returned to the camp, to Joshua [at] Makkedah [in] peace.”

[10:21]  ⁷ tc Heb “No man.” The lamed (ל) prefixed to אִישׁ (’ish, “man”) is probably dittographic (note the immediately preceding יִשְׂרָאֵל [isra’el] which ends in lamed, ל); cf. the LXX.

[10:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “no man sharpened [or perhaps, “pointed”] his tongue against the sons of Israel.” Cf. NEB “not a man of the Israelites suffered so much as a scratch on his tongue,” which understands “sharpened” as “scratched” (referring to a minor wound). Most modern translations understand the Hebrew expression “sharpened his tongue” figuratively for opposition or threats against the Israelites.

[10:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “these five kings.”

[10:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “they did so.”

[10:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “these five kings.”

[10:23]  ¹² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[10:24]  ¹³ tn Heb “Joshua.” The translation has replaced the proper name with the pronoun (“he”) because a repetition of the proper name here would be redundant according to English style.

[10:24]  ¹⁴ tn Or “Draw near.”

[10:24]  ¹⁵ tn Or “drew near.”

[10:25]  ¹⁶ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[10:26]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “struck them down and killed them.”

[10:27]  ¹⁸ sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.

[10:27]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[14:1]  ²⁰ tn Heb “These are [the lands] which the sons of Israel received as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes assigned as an inheritance to the sons of Israel.”

[14:1]  ²¹ tn Heb “These are [the lands] which the sons of Israel received as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes assigned as an inheritance to the sons of Israel.”

[6:1]  ²² map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[6:1]  ²³ tn Heb “was shutting and shut up.” HALOT 2:743 paraphrases, “blocking [any way of access] and blocked [against any who would leave].”

[6:1]  ²⁴ tn Heb “there was no one going out and there was no one coming in.”

[24:31]  ²⁵ tn Or “served.”

[24:31]  ²⁶ tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlived him.”

[24:31]  ²⁷ tn Heb “who knew all the work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”

[11:1]  ²⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:1]  ²⁹ tn Heb “nine of the hands.” The word “hand” is used here in the sense or a part or portion.