Joshua 18:1-10
The Remaining Land Divided
18Then the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled themselves at aShiloh and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.
2And there remained among the sons of Israel seven tribes who had not divided their inheritance. 3So Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “aHow long will you put off entering to take possession of the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you? 4“Provide for yourselves three men from 1each tribe that I may send them, and that they may arise and walk through the land and write a description of it according to their inheritance; then they shall 2return to me. 5“And they shall divide it into seven portions; aJudah shall stay in its territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall stay in their territory on the north. 6“So you shall write a description of the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me. aI will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God. 7“For athe Levites have no portion among you because the priesthood of Yahweh is 1their inheritance. Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh also have received their inheritance eastward beyond the Jordan, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them.”
8Then the men arose and went, and Joshua commanded those who went to write the description of the land, saying, “Go and walk through the land and write a description of it, and return to me; then I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh in aShiloh.” 9So the men went and passed through the land and wrote a description of it by cities in seven divisions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh. 10And aJoshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh, and there Joshua divided the land to the sons of Israel according to their divisions.