- This then was the lot:
- The geography of the sacred writings presents many difficulties, occasioned by the changes which Canaan has undergone, especially for the last 2,000 years. Many of the ancient towns and villages have had their names so totally changed that their former appellations are no longer discernible; several lie buried under their own ruins, and others have been so long destroyed that not a vestige of them remains. On these accounts it is very difficult to ascertain the precise situation of many places mentioned in these chapters; but this cannot in any measure affect the truth of the narrative. "By lotª [was] their inheritance,ª as¹ the LORDª commandedª° by the handª of Moses,ª for the nineª tribes,ª and [for] the halfª tribe.ª" {Jsh 14:2} + "Notwithstanding¹¹ the landª shall be dividedª° by lot:ª according to the namesª of the tribesª of their fathersª they shall inherit.ª° ... According² to¹¹ the lotª shall the possessionª thereof be dividedª° between¹ manyª and few.ª" {Num 26:55-56}
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