Joshua 7:14

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In the morning you must approach in tribal order. The tribe the LORD selects must approach by clans. The clan the LORD selects must approach by families. The family the LORD selects must approach man by man.

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  • Prov 16:33 : 33 The dice are thrown into the lap, but their every decision is from the LORD.
  • Jonah 1:7 : 7 The sailors said to one another,“Come on, let’s cast lots to find out whose fault it is that this disaster has overtaken us.” So they cast lots, and Jonah was singled out.
  • Acts 1:24-26 : 24 Then they prayed,“Lord, you know the hearts of all. Show us which one of these two you have chosen 25 to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” 26 Then they cast lots for them, and the one chosen was Matthias; so he was counted with the eleven apostles.
  • Josh 7:17-18 : 17 He then made the clans of Judah approach, and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He made the clan of the Zerahites approach, and Zabdi was selected. 18 He then made Zabdi’s family approach man by man and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected.
  • 1 Sam 10:19-21 : 19 But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said,“No! Appoint a king over us.” Now take your positions before the LORD by your tribes and by your clans.’” 20 Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen by lot. 21 Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its families, and the family of Matri was chosen by lot. At last Saul son of Kish was chosen by lot. But when they looked for him, he was nowhere to be found.
  • 1 Sam 14:38-42 : 38 Then Saul said,“All you leaders of the army come here. Find out how this sin occurred today. 39 For as surely as the LORD, the deliverer of Israel, lives, even if it turns out to be my own son Jonathan, he will certainly die!” But no one from the army said anything. 40 Then he said to all Israel,“You will be on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will be on the other side.” The army replied to Saul,“Do whatever you think is best.” 41 Then Saul said,“O LORD God of Israel! If this sin has been committed by me or by my son Jonathan, then, O LORD God of Israel, respond with Urim. But if this sin has been committed by your people Israel, respond with Thummim.” Then Jonathan and Saul were indicated by lot, while the army was exonerated. 42 Then Saul said,“Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan!” Jonathan was indicated by lot.

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    15The one caught with the riches must be burned up along with all who belong to him, because he violated the LORD’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”

    16Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order, and the tribe of Judah was selected.

    17He then made the clans of Judah approach, and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He made the clan of the Zerahites approach, and Zabdi was selected.

    18He then made Zabdi’s family approach man by man and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected.

  • Josh 7:13
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    13Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this:‘Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because this is what the LORD God of Israel has said,“You are contaminated, O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.”

  • Num 1:4
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    4And to help you there is to be a man from each tribe, each man the head of his family.

  • Josh 3:12
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    12Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.

  • Num 8:9
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    9You are to bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the entire community of the Israelites.

  • Josh 4:2
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    2“Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.

  • Num 7:4-5
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    4The Distribution of the Gifts Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    5“Receive these gifts from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tent of meeting; and you must give them to the Levites, to every man as his service requires.”

  • Num 16:7
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    7put fire in them, and set incense on them before the LORD tomorrow, and the man whom the LORD chooses will be holy. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!”

  • Josh 18:4-6
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    4Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me.

    5Divide it into seven regions. Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and the family of Joseph in its territory in the north.

    6But 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.

  • Num 1:52
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    52“The Israelites will camp according to their divisions, each man in his camp, and each man by his standard.

  • Num 2:17
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    17The Tribe in the Center“Then the tent of meeting with the camp of the Levites will travel in the middle of the camps. They will travel in the same order as they camped, each in his own place under his standard.

  • Josh 7:23
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    23They took it all from the middle of the tent, brought it to Joshua and all the Israelites, and placed it before the LORD.

  • Josh 4:4
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    4Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.

  • Num 34:18
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    18You must take one leader from every tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.

  • Num 7:2
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    2Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their clans, made an offering. They were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who had been supervising the numbering.

  • Num 31:19
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    19Purification After Battle“Any of you who has killed anyone or touched any of the dead, remain outside the camp for seven days; purify yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

  • Num 1:2
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    2“Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and families, counting the name of every individual male.

  • Num 31:24-27
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    24You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you will be ceremonially clean, and afterward you may enter the camp.’”

    25The Distribution of Spoils Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    26“You and Eleazar the priest, and all the family leaders of the community, take the sum of the plunder that was captured, both people and animals.

    27Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war– who went out to battle– and the other for all the community.

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    1The Dispossession of Nonvassals When the LORD your God brings you to the land that you are going to occupy and forces out many nations before you– Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you–

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    21“This is how you will divide this land for yourselves among the tribes of Israel.

  • Josh 13:7
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    7Now, divide up this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

  • Exod 16:16
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    16“This is what the LORD has commanded:‘Each person is to gather from it what he can eat, an omer per person according to the number of your people; each one will pick it up for whoever lives in his tent.’”

  • Josh 21:1
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  • Num 36:7
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    7In this way the inheritance of the Israelites will not be transferred from tribe to tribe. But every one of the Israelites must retain the ancestral heritage.

  • Num 4:2
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    2“Take a census of the Kohathites from among the Levites, by their families and by their clans,

  • Num 8:14-15
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    14And so you are to separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

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  • Num 31:4
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    4You must send to the battle a thousand men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel.”

  • Josh 7:1
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    11When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,

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    14He was accompanied by ten leaders, one from each of the Israelite tribes, each one a family leader among the Israelite clans.

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    14then they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, LORD, are among this people, that you, LORD, are seen face to face, that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them by day in a pillar of cloud and in a pillar of fire by night.

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    6“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify them.

  • Num 33:54
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    54You 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.

  • Num 2:2
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    2“Every one of the Israelites must camp under his standard with the emblems of his family; they must camp at some distance around the tent of meeting.

  • Num 2:34
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    34So the Israelites did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses; that is the way they camped under their standards, and that is the way they traveled, each with his clan and family.

  • 1 Sam 10:20
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    20Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen by lot.

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    30From the Israelites’ half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep– from every kind of animal– and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.”

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    14all the clans that remain, each separately with their wives.”

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