In Joshua 19 a lot means a person's assigned portion or division, determined by providence. The verse belongs to the record of the distribution of the land of Canaan among the tribes, which was based on written documents that accurately described the properties. The surrounding passage describes the territories assigned to Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali, which were the districts that made up Galilee. The tribes did not fully possess these territories but settled among the Canaanite population, sometimes making them tributary.
In Joshua 19 a lot means a person's assigned portion or division, determined by providence. The verse belongs to the record of the distribution of the land of Canaan among the tribes, which was based on written documents that accurately described the properties. The surrounding passage describes the territories assigned to Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali, which were the districts that made up Galilee. The tribes did not fully possess these territories but settled among the Canaanite population, sometimes making them tributary.