1 All the Israelites gathered together at Shiloh where they set up the Meeting Tent. The Israelites controlled that country. They had defeated all the enemies in that land.
2 But at this time there were still seven tribes of Israel that had not yet received their land.
3 So Joshua said to the Israelites, “Why do you wait so long to take your land? The Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given this land to you.
4 So each of your tribes should choose three men. I will send them out to study the land. They will describe that land, and then they will come back to me.
5 They will divide the land into seven parts. The people of Judah will keep their land in the south. The people of Joseph will keep their land in the north.