Joshua 18:1

The Remainder of the Land Divided

1 Now the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together ^aat Shiloh, and ^bset up the tabernacle of meeting there. And the land was subdued before them.

2 But there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes which had not yet received their inheritance.

3 Then Joshua said to the children of Israel: ^a“How long will you neglect to go and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers has given you?

4 Pick out from among you three men for each tribe, and I will send them; they shall rise and go through the land, survey it according to their inheritance, and come back to me.

5 And they shall divide it into seven parts. ^aJudah shall remain in their territory on the south, and the ^bhouse of Joseph shall remain in their territory on the north.

6 You shall therefore survey the land in seven parts and bring the survey here to me, ^athat I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.

7 ^aBut the Levites have no part among you, for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. ^bAnd Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.”

8 Then the men arose to go away; and Joshua charged those who went to¹ survey the land, saying, “Go, walk ^athrough the land, survey it, and come back to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh.”

9 So the men went, passed through the land, and¹ wrote the survey in a book in seven parts by cities; and they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

10 Then Joshua cast ^alots for them in Shiloh before the Lord, and there ^bJoshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their¹ divisions.

The Land of Benjamin

11 ^aNow the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory of their lot came out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

12 ^aTheir border on the north side began at the Jordan, and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the mountains westward; it ended at the Wilderness of Beth Aven.

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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Joshua 18:1

After all overt resistance was overcome, the tabernacle with its sacred contents was removed from its place of safety at Gilgal, in a corner of the land near the Jordan, to a central place, Shiloh, the modern Scilun, which is two or three miles east of the main road, and rather more than half way between Jerusalem and Nablous. Its choice as the national sanctuary may indeed have been determined by Joshua, no doubt under divine direction Deuteronomy 12:11, because of its insignificance, in order to avoid local jealousies, as well as because of its position in the very center of the whole land, and perhaps also because of its seclusion. Its very name ("rest" ) was probably bestowed at this juncture when God had given the people rest from their enemies. The tabernacle with its contents continued at Shiloh during the whole period of the Judges, until its capture by the Philistines. Shiloh I Samuel 4:3-4 seems to have fallen into desolation at an early date Jeremiah 7:12; Jeremiah 26:6.

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Joshua 18:1:

Genesis 49:1-33
Exodus 40:34-35
Joshua 22:1
Judges 1:1
Psalms 78:60
Isaiah 11:13
Jeremiah 7:12

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