YuēShūyàjì 18:3

3 Yuēshūyà duì Yǐsèliè rén shuō , Yēhéhuá nǐmen lièzǔ de shén suǒ cìgĕi nǐmen de dì , nǐmen dān yán bù qù dé , yào dào jǐshí ne .

YuēShūyàjì 18:3 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 18:3

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel
To those of the seven tribes:

how long [are] you slack to go to possess the land which the Lord God
of your fathers hath given you?
not that they might have taken possession of it of themselves, without having it assigned to them by lot; that they did not do this, is not what is complained of, and they stand reproved for; but that when two tribes and a half had received their inheritance, these seemed indifferent to it, showed no inclination and disposition towards it, and much less eagerness to have a settlement, and did not apply to the court for it; which dilatoriness might arise from the present affluence of all good things they enjoyed through the spoils of the enemy; and partly through slothfulness, being tired of the war, and perceiving that they must be involved in it again to dispossess the Canaanites of some of the cities that would fall to their lot; and, perhaps, their slackness might be the more increased, by observing the dissatisfaction of the tribes with the lot they had received, and therefore waited till things were adjusted to greater satisfaction.

YuēShūyàjì 18:3 In-Context

1 Yǐsèliè de quánhuì zhòng dōu jùjí zaì Shìluó , bǎ huì mù shèlì zaì nàli , nà dì yǐjing beì tāmen zhìfú le .

2 Yǐsèliè rén zhōng qíyú de qī gè zhīpaì hái méiyǒu fēn gĕi tāmen dì yè .

3 Yuēshūyà duì Yǐsèliè rén shuō , Yēhéhuá nǐmen lièzǔ de shén suǒ cìgĕi nǐmen de dì , nǐmen dān yán bù qù dé , yào dào jǐshí ne .

4 Nǐmen mĕi zhīpaì dāng xuǎnjǔ sān gèrén , wǒ yào dǎfa tāmen qù , tāmen jiù yào qǐshēn zǒu biàn nà dì , àn zhe gè zhīpaì yīngdé de dì yè xiĕ míng ( huò zuò huà tú ) , jiù huí dào wǒ zhèlǐ lái .

5 Tāmen yào jiāng dì fēn zuò qī fēn . Yóudà réng zaì nánfāng , zhù zaì tāde jìng neì . Yūesè jiā réng zaì bĕi fāng , zhù zaì tāde jìng neì .