Bible Strands
Micah 2:5
Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Micah addresses Israel during a period of land seizure and prophetic complacency, pronouncing divine judgment on those who have corrupted inheritance.
The words — מַשְׁלִיךְ חֶבֶל (mash.Likh Che.vel) literally means "casts a measuring-line," denoting the technical act of surveying and apportioning territory.
The thread — This phrase echoes the covenantal land division described in Deuteronomy 32:8, Joshua 18:4, and Joshua 18:10, where allotment follows divine direction rather than human manipulation.
Why it lands — The text states that corrupt leaders will be excluded from the community because they will lose the legitimate authority to distribute inheritance, demanding that readers recognize land rights as divinely governed rather than seized by power.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
- Joshua 18:4 Appoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me
- Joshua 18:10 And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.
- Deuteronomy 23:2 No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.
- Deuteronomy 23:8 The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
- Nehemiah 7:61 The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
- Psalms 16:6 The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
- Hosea 9:3 They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.