Joshua 18:2
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New International Version (©2011)
but there were still seven Israelite tribes who had not yet received their inheritance.

New Living Translation (©2007)
But there remained seven tribes who had not yet been allotted their grants of land.

English Standard Version (©2001)
There remained among the people of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not yet been apportioned.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
There remained among the sons of Israel seven tribes who had not divided their inheritance.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Seven tribes among the Israelites were left who had not divided up their inheritance.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Seven tribes remained among the Israelis for whom their inheritances had not yet been allocated.

NET Bible (©2006)
seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
There were still seven tribes in Israel who had not yet received any land as their inheritance.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.

American King James Version
And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.

American Standard Version
And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheritance.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But there remained seven tribes of the children of Israel, which as yet had not received their possessions.

Darby Bible Translation
And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not been distributed to them.

English Revised Version
And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheritance.

Webster's Bible Translation
And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.

World English Bible
Seven tribes remained among the children of Israel, which had not yet divided their inheritance.

Young's Literal Translation
And there are left among the sons of Israel who have not shared their inheritance, seven tribes,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

18:2-10 After a year or more, Joshua blamed their slackness, and told them how to proceed. God, by his grace, has given us a title to a good land, the heavenly Canaan, but we are slack to take possession of it; we enter not into that rest, as we might by faith, and hope, and holy joy. How long shall it be thus with us? How long shall we thus stand in our own light, and forsake our own mercies for lying vanities? Joshua stirs the Israelites up to take possession of their lots. He is ready to do his part, if they will do theirs.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes,.... Which were those of Benjamin, Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Dan:

which had not yet received their inheritance; and for which the lots were not cast.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

Jos 18:2-9. The Remainder of the Land Described.

2. there remained … seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance—The selection of Shiloh for the seat of worship, together with the consequent removal of the camp thither, had necessarily interrupted the casting of lots, which was commenced by fixing localities for the tribes of Judah and Joseph. Various causes led to a long delay in resuming it. The satisfaction of the people with their change to so pleasant and fertile a district, their preference of a nomad life, a love of ease, and reluctance to renew the war, seem to have made them indifferent to the possession of a settled inheritance. But Joshua was too much alive to the duty laid on him by the Lord to let matters continue in that state; and accordingly, since a general conquest of the land had been made, he resolved to proceed immediately with the lot, believing that when each tribe should receive its inheritance, a new motive would arise to lead them to exert themselves in securing the full possession.

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The Remainder Divided
2And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. 3And Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long are you slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers has given you? 4Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me. …

Joshua 18:1 The whole assembly of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The country was brought under their control,
Joshua 18:3 So Joshua said to the Israelites: "How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you?