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The Tribes Meet at Shiloh

18 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting.[a] Though they had subdued the land,[b] seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land.[c] So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long do you intend to put off occupying[d] the land the Lord God of your ancestors[e] has given you?

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 18:1 tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”sn On the tent of meeting see Exod 33:7-11.
  2. Joshua 18:1 tn Heb “and the land was subdued before them.”
  3. Joshua 18:2 tn Heb “there were left among the sons of Israel who had not divided up their inheritance seven tribes.”
  4. Joshua 18:3 tn Heb “How long are you putting off entering and possessing.”
  5. Joshua 18:3 tn Or “fathers.”