You shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring [the description] here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God.
 Again, it is evident that God has been pleased at various times to judge the world, as notably and on the largest scale at the time of the flood. If it was consistent with God Himself to deal with a corrupt earth, then surely He was equally free to employ the Israelites later as His instruments for the land He gave them.
