1 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh where it set up the tent of meeting there; the land had been subdued by them.
2 Seven tribes among the Israelites were left who had not divided up their inheritance.
3 So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you delay going out to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, gave you?
4 Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe, and I will send them out. They are to go and survey the land, write a description of it for the purpose of their inheritance, and return to me.
5 Then they are to divide it into seven portions. Judah is to remain in its territory in the south and Joseph’s family in their territory in the north.