1. The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there. The land was subdued before them.
2. Seven tribes remained amongst the children of Israel, which had not yet divided their inheritance.
3. Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?
4. Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe. I will send them, and they shall arise, walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; then they shall come to me.
5. They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their borders on the north.