Joshua 18:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ So Joshua said to the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel]: “·Why do you wait so long [^LHow long will you delay] to take your land? The Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given this land to you. ⁴ Choose three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to study the land. They will ·describe in writing [or make a map of] the land their tribe wants as its ·share [inheritance], and then they will come back to me. ⁵ They will divide the land into seven parts. Judah will keep their land in the south, and the ·people [house] of Joseph will keep their land in the north.