Jos 18:10, Psa 16:5-6 | JFB | STEP | 10. Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord —before the tabernacle, where the divine presence was manifested, and which associated with the lot the idea of divine sanction.

Joshua 18:10

10. Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord—before the tabernacle, where the divine presence was manifested, and which associated with the lot the idea of divine sanction.

Psalms 16:5-6

5-7. God is the chief good, and supplies all need (De 10:9).

portion of mine inheritance and of my cup—may contain an allusion to the daily supply of food, and also to the inheritance of Levi (De 18:1, 2).

maintainest—or, drawest out my lot—enlargest it. Ps 16:7 carries out this idea more fully.