Joshua 18:1-10

Lexham English Bible

The Last of the Land Is Divided

18 The entire congregation of the Israelites^[a] assembled at Shiloh, and they set up there the tent of meeting, and the land was subdued before them.^{[b] 2} And seven tribes remained among the Israelites^[c] who had not been apportioned their inheritance. ³ And Joshua said to the Israelites,^[d] “How long^[e] will you be slack about going to take possession of the land that Yahweh, the God of your ancestors,^[f] has given you? ⁴ Provide three men from each tribe,^[g] 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,^[h] and let them come to me. ⁵ They will divide it among themselves into seven portions; Judah will maintain its border^[i] from the south, and the house of Joseph will maintain its border^[j] 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,^[k] 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^[l] Yahweh at Shiloh.” ⁹ And the men went and passed through the land, and they described^[m] 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^[n] Yahweh, and there he divided the land for the Israelites,^[o] to each a portion.^[p]