Jos 18:1-4 - Commentary

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Text -- Joshua 18:1-4 (NET)

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The Tribes Meet at Shiloh

18:1 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. Though they had subdued the land, 18:2 seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land. 18:3 So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long do you intend to put off occupying the land the Lord God of your ancestors has given you? 18:4 Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Joshua a son of Eliezer; the father of Er; an ancestor of Jesus,the son of Nun and successor of Moses,son of Nun of Ephraim; successor to Moses,a man: owner of the field where the ark stopped,governor of Jerusalem under King Josiah,son of Jehozadak; high priest in the time of Zerubbabel

· Shiloh a town having the Tent of Meeting in the time of Judges (IBD)

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NET Notes: Jos 18:1 Heb “and the land was subdued before them.”

NET Notes: Jos 18:2 Heb “there were left among the sons of Israel who had not divided up their inheritance seven tribes.”

NET Notes: Jos 18:3 Or “fathers.”

NET Notes: Jos 18:4 Heb “I will send them so they may arise and walk about in the land and describe it in writing according to their inheritance and come to me.R...

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