After almost thirty years in the Promised Land more than half the tribes still did not have all the land of their inheritance.
Joshua 18:2. And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet shared their inheritance.
Joshua 18:8. And the men got up and went away and Joshua charged those who went to describe the land saying, Go and walk through the land and describe it and come again to me, so I can cast lots for you here before the LORD* in Shiloh. 9. And the men went and crossed through the land and described it by cities into seven parts in a scroll and came to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh. 10. And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD*: and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
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This article is one of 839 in the four-volume One New Man Bible Companion by Rev. William J. Morford: commentary, word studies, myths corrected, Jewish roots, and maps.
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