1. The whole congregation of Israel gathered at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land was under their control.
2. There were still seven tribes in Israel who had not yet received any land as their inheritance.
3. So Joshua asked the Israelites, “How long are you going to waste time conquering the land which the Lord God of your ancestors has given you?
4. Choose three men from each tribe, and I will send them out. They will survey the land and write a description of it which shows ⌊the borders of⌋ their inheritance. Then they will come back to me.