The Last of the Land Is Divided

18 The entire congregation of the Israelites[fn] assembled at Shiloh, and they set up there the tent of meeting, and the land was subdued before them.[fn] 2 And seven tribes remained among the Israelites[fn] who had not been apportioned their inheritance. 3 And Joshua said to the Israelites,[fn] “How long[fn] will you be slack about going to take possession of the land that Yahweh, the God of your ancestors,[fn] has given you? 4 Provide three men from each tribe,[fn] and I will send them so that they may begin to go through the land and write a description of it according to their inheritance,[fn] and let them come to me. 5 They will divide it among themselves into seven portions; Judah will maintain its border[fn] from the south, and the house of Joseph will maintain its border[fn] from the north. 6 Describe the land in seven divisions, and bring it to me here; I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God. 7 The Levites among you have no portion, for their inheritance is the priesthood of Yahweh; Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh received their inheritance beyond the Jordan to the east, which Moses Yahweh’s servant gave to them.”

8 And the men went immediately,[fn] and Joshua commanded the ones going to describe the land, saying, “Go and walk about through the land, write a description, and return to me, and here I will cast a lot for you before[fn] Yahweh at Shiloh.” 9 And the men went and passed through the land, and they described[fn] the cities in seven divisions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh, 10 and Joshua cast a lot for them at Shiloh before[fn] Yahweh, and there he divided the land for the Israelites,[fn] to each a portion.[fn]