Joshua 18:2

2 Seven tribes among the Israelites were left who had not divided up their inheritance.

Joshua 18:2 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 18:2

And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes,
&c.] Which were those of Benjamin, Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Dan:

which had not yet received their inheritance;
and for which the lots were not cast.

Joshua 18:2 In-Context

1 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh where it set up the tent of meeting there; the land had been subdued by them.

2 Seven tribes among the Israelites were left who had not divided up their inheritance.

3 So Joshua said to the Israelites, "How long will you delay going out to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, gave you?

4 Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe, and I will send them out. They are to go and survey the land, write a description of it for the purpose of their inheritance, and return to me.

5 Then they are to divide it into seven portions. Judah is to remain in its territory in the south, and Joseph's family in their territory in the north.