“Appoint three men from each tribe, and let me send them out to go through the land and describe it according to their inheritance, and come back to me.
So the men went, and passed through the land, and described it in a book in seven portions by cities. And they came to Yehoshua at the camp in Shiloh.
and you shall describe the land in seven portions, and shall bring it to me. Then I shall cast lots for you here before יהוה our Elohim.
So Yehoshua said to the children of Yisra’ĕ
“Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from every tribe,
“And now, take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Yisra’ĕ
“Send men to spy out the land of Kenaʽ
“And a man from every tribe should be with you, each one the head of his father’s house.
“And they shall divide it into seven portions – Yehuḏ
“Therefore you shall have no one in the assembly of יהוה to divide the land by lot.