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And the men went immediately,[a] and Joshua commanded the ones going to describe the land, saying, “Go and walk about through the land, write a description, and return to me, and here I will cast a lot for you before[b] Yahweh at Shiloh.” And the men went and passed through the land, and they described[c] the cities in seven divisions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh, 10 and Joshua cast a lot for them at Shiloh before[d] Yahweh, and there he divided the land for the Israelites,[e] to each a portion.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 18:8 Literally “the men got up and went”
  2. Joshua 18:8 Or “in the presence of”
  3. Joshua 18:9 Literally “wrote it”
  4. Joshua 18:10 Or “in the presence of”
  5. Joshua 18:10 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  6. Joshua 18:10 Literally “according to their allotment”