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.