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Jos_15:1 [This] then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; [even] to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward [was] the uttermost part of the south coast.
Ver. 1. This then was the lot of the tribe, &c.] The lot came forth, up, or out {Jos_19:1; Jos_19:10; Jos_19:17} of the bosom, lap, {Pro_16:33} pot, or some other vessel in use for that purpose; for the manner of this lottery is not expressed: but that it was solemnly done with fasting and prayer premised, is probable; {Jdg_20:26 Act_1:24} and that it was ordered by a divine providence, is certain. {Pro_16:33} And hence it was that Judah’s lot came out first, and fell out in the best part of the land: to show that God had a purpose to exalt that tribe above the rest.