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So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long do you intend to put off occupying[a] the land the Lord God of your ancestors[b] has given you? Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me.[c] Divide it into seven regions.[d] Judah will stay[e] in its territory in the south, and the family[f] of Joseph in its territory in the north.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 18:3 tn Heb “How long are you putting off entering and possessing.”
  2. Joshua 18:3 tn Or “fathers.”
  3. Joshua 18:4 tn Heb “I will send them so they may arise and walk about in the land and describe it in writing according to their inheritance and come to me.”
  4. Joshua 18:5 tn Heb “portions.”
  5. Joshua 18:5 tn Heb “stand.”
  6. Joshua 18:5 tn Heb “the house.”