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 among 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.
6. You shall survey the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.
7. However, the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance east of the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.”
8. The men arose and went. Joshua commanded those who went to survey the land, saying, “Go walk through the land, survey it, and come again to me. I will cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh.”