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Then the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled themselves at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.
2
There remained among the sons of Israel seven tribes who had not divided their inheritance.
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So Joshua said to the sons of Israel, "How long will you put off entering to take possession of the land which the LORD , the God of your fathers, has given you?
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"Provide for yourselves three men from each tribe that I may send them, and that they may arise and walk through the land and write a description of it according to their inheritance; then they shall return to me.
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"They shall divide it into seven portions; Judah shall stay in its territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall stay in their territory on the north.