Joshua 18:1-7

¹The land had been subdued and lay before them. The Israelites gathered together at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting.

²However, seven of the Israelite tribes had not received their land allocations.

³So Joshua asked the Israelites, “How long will you go on being reluctant to go and take possession of the land that the Lord gave your forefathers?

⁴Choose three men from each tribe and I will send them out to explore the land. Then they can write a description regarding the land allocations and bring it to me.

⁵They are to divide the land into seven parts, up to the boundary of Judah's land in the south and Joseph's land in the north.

⁶Once you have written the description the land, dividing it in seven parts, you will bring it to me here and I will cast lots for you in the presence of the Lord our God.

⁷But the Levites do not receive a share, for their role as priests of the Lord is their allocation. Also, Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allocation that Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave them on the east side of the Jordan.”