1 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. Though they had subdued the land,
2 seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land.
3 So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long do you intend to put off occupying the land the Lord God of your ancestors has given you?
4 Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me.
5 Divide it into seven regions. Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and the family of Joseph in its territory in the north.
6 But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the Lord our God.
7 But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the Lord. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land east of the Jordan which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned them.”