Joshua 18:2-9
18:2 seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land.
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18:3 So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long do you intend to put off occupying
2 the land the
Lord God of your ancestors
3 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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18:5 Divide it into seven regions.
5 Judah will stay
6 in its territory in the south, and the family
7 of Joseph in its territory in the north.
18:6 But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the
Lord our God.
18:7 But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the
Lord.
8 Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land
9 east of the Jordan which Moses the
Lord’s servant assigned them.”
18:8 When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land, “Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the Lord here in Shiloh.”
18:9 The men journeyed 10 through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
1 tn Heb “there were left among the sons of Israel who had not divided up their inheritance seven tribes.”
2 tn Heb “How long are you putting off entering and possessing.”
3 tn Or “fathers.”
3 tn 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.”
4 tn Heb “portions.”
5 tn Heb “stand.”
6 tn Heb “the house.”
5 tn Or “the priesthood of the Lord.”
6 tn Or “inheritance.”
6 tn Heb “went and passed through.”