3. So Joshua asked the Israelites, “How long are you going to waste time conquering the land which the Lord God of your ancestors has given you?
4. Choose three men from each tribe, and I will send them out. They will survey the land and write a description of it which shows ⌊the borders of⌋ their inheritance. Then they will come back to me.
5. They will divide the land into seven parts. Judah will stay within its territory in the south, and Joseph’s descendants will stay within their territory in the north.