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Verse 5

Evidently the Israelites determined the boundaries between some land plots by casting lots (cf. Joshua 14:1-5; Psalms 16:6). No one would remain in the land who could do this in the assembly of Yahweh, namely, the covenant nation. The reason was that God would send His people into captivity and give their land to their captors.

This is one of many examples of God’s talionic justice. The Israelites would reap what they had sowed (cf. Galatians 6:7). They had taken land from their countrymen greedily and illegally, so God would take their land from them and let others occupy it.

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