Study it in the app“So the men rose and went, and Joshua commanded those who were going to write the land, saying, “Go, and walk about through the land, and write it, and return to me; and here I will cast for you a lot before YHWH in Shiloh.””
So the menוַ הָאֲנָשִׁיםroseיָּקֻמוּand went,וַיֵּלֵכוּand Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַcommandedיְצַוthose who were goingהַהֹלְכִיםto writeלִכְתֹּבthe land,הָאָרֶץsaying,לֵאמֹר“Go,לְכוּand walk aboutוְהִתְהַלְּכוּthrough the land,בָאָרֶץand write it,וְכִתְבוּ אוֹתָהּand returnוְשׁוּבוּto me;אֵלַיand hereוּפֹהI will castאַשְׁלִיךְfor youלָכֶםa lotגּוֹרָלbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהin Shiloh.”בְּשִׁלֹה
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakumu” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelechu” appearsJoshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsav” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holchim” appearswrite
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “chetov” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuvu” appearsthrow
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “ashlich” appearslot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “goral” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsShiloh
See it on the mapWhere else “shilo” appearsShiloh
Today: Khirbet Seilun (Tel Shiloh), West Bank
A town in the hills of Ephraim, about 19 miles (30 km) north of Jerusalem.
The tabernacle stood there in the days of Joshua and Eli (Josh 18:1; 1 Sam 1:3). Hannah prayed there, and Samuel was born (1 Sam 1:9-20).
7For the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of YHWH is their inheritance; and Gad, Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan to the east, which Moses the servant of YHWH gave them.”
8 · This verse (above)
9And the men went and passed through the land and wrote it by cities in seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua, to the camp, at Shiloh.
