| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Jos 18:9 | Strong Concordance | And the men [0582] went [03212] and passed through [05674] the land [0776], and described [03789] it by cities [05892] into seven [07651] parts [02506] in a book [05612], and came [0935] again to Joshua [03091] to the host [04264] at Shiloh [07887]. |
| King James | And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. |
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| The men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book--dividing the land according to its value, and the worth of the cities which it contained, into seven equal portions. This was no light task to undertake. It required learning and intelligence which they or their instructors had, in all probability, brought with them out of Egypt. Accordingly, JOSEPHUS says that the survey was performed by men expert in geometry. And, in fact, the circumstantial account which is given of the boundaries of each tribe and its situation, well proves it to have been the work of no mean or incompetent hands. |