The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes.

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

The third lot belonged to the tribe of Zebulun by its clans. The border of their territory extended to Sarid.

They were assigned to the Kohathite clans of the Levites who were descendants of Aaron, for the first lot belonged to them.

The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted cities from the tribe of Ephraim.

They cast lots to determine their responsibilities – oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student.

The first lot went to Asaph’s son Joseph and his relatives and sons – twelve in all, the second to Gedaliah and his relatives and sons – twelve in all,

In the evening there is sudden terror; by morning they vanish. This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us!

This is your fate, the destiny to which I have appointed you, because you have forgotten me and have trusted in false gods.

and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink.

Therefore no one will assign you land in the Lord’s community.

You must divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families. To a larger group you must give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you must give a smaller inheritance. Everyone’s inheritance must be in the place where his lot falls. You must inherit according to your ancestral tribes.

The first lot belonged to the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

but the goat which has been designated by lot for Azazel is to be stood alive before the Lord to make atonement on it by sending it away to Azazel into the wilderness.

The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south.

The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.

But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the Lord our God.

Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions.

The second lot belonged to the tribe of Simeon by its clans.

The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.