Joshua 18:2-10

18:2 seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land. ¹  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. ⁴  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. 18:10 Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions.

[18:2]  ¹ tn Heb “there were left among the sons of Israel who had not divided up their inheritance seven tribes.”

[18:3]  ² tn Heb “How long are you putting off entering and possessing.”

[18:3]  ³ tn Or “fathers.”

[18:4]  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.”

[18:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “portions.”

[18:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “stand.”

[18:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “the house.”

[18:7]  ⁵ tn Or “the priesthood of the Lord.”

[18:7]  ⁶ tn Or “inheritance.”

[18:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “went and passed through.”