Joshua 18:1-6 ▼

1 Then the whole congregation of the Israelites assembled at Shiloh [in the tribal territory of Ephraim], and set up the Tent of Meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.

2 There remained among the Israelites seven tribes who had not yet divided their inheritance.

3 So Joshua asked them, “How long will you put off entering to take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?

4 Provide for yourselves three men from each tribe so that I may send them, and that they may go through the land and write a description of it with regard to their [tribal] inheritance; then they shall return to me.

5 They shall divide it into seven parts; [the tribe of] Judah shall remain in its territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in its territory on the north.

6 You shall describe the land in seven divisions, and bring the description here to me. I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.