Joshua 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 Joshua 19:1 ; Joshua 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.