1 The whole congregation of Israel gathered at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land was under their control.
2 There were still seven tribes in Israel who had not yet received any land as their inheritance.
3 So Joshua asked the Israelites, “How long are you going to waste time conquering the land which the Lord God of your ancestors has given you?
4 Choose three men from each tribe, and I will send them out. They will survey the land and write a description of it which shows ⌊the borders of⌋ their inheritance. Then they will come back to me.
5 They will divide the land into seven parts. Judah will stay within its territory in the south, and Joseph’s descendants will stay within their territory in the north.
6 You must describe the seven parts of the land and report to me here. I will draw lots for you here in the presence of the Lord our God.