Tell them what I am saying. When I chose Israel, I made them a promise. I revealed myself to them in Egypt and told them: I am the LORD your God.

It was then that I promised to take them out of Egypt and lead them to a land I had chosen for them, a rich and fertile land, the finest land of all.

I brought them to the land I had promised to give them. When they saw the high hills and green trees, they offered sacrifices at all of them. They made me angry by the sacrifices they burned and by the wine they brought as offerings.

When I bring you back to Israel, the land that I promised I would give to your ancestors, then you will know that I am the LORD.

The LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "This is the country that I am going to give to your descendants." Then Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

I am going to give you and your descendants all the land that you see, and it will be yours forever.

Then the LORD said to him, "I am the LORD, who led you out of Ur in Babylonia, to give you this land as your own."

I will give to you and to your descendants this land in which you are now a foreigner. The whole land of Canaan will belong to your descendants forever, and I will be their God."

Live here, and I will be with you and bless you. I am going to give all this territory to you and to your descendants. I will keep the promise I made to your father Abraham.

And there was the LORD standing beside him. "I am the LORD, the God of Abraham and Isaac," he said. "I will give to you and to your descendants this land on which you are lying.

that you killed your people in the wilderness because you were not able to bring them into the land you promised to give them.

I promised to let you live there, but not one of you will, except Caleb and Joshua.

The Sovereign LORD said, "That is the way the land is to be divided into sections for the tribes of Israel to possess."

People cast lots to learn God's will, but God himself determines the answer.