Joshua 14:2-3

14:2 The land assignments to the nine-and-a-half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the Lord had instructed Moses. ¹  14:3 Now Moses had assigned land ²  to the two-and-a-half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land ³  to the Levites. ⁴ 

Joshua 21:16

21:16 Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of nine cities taken from these two tribes.

Joshua 22:14

22:14 He was accompanied by ten leaders, one from each of the Israelite tribes, each one a family leader among the Israelite clans. ⁵ 

Joshua 23:4

23:4 See, I have parceled out to your tribes these remaining nations, ⁶  from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea ⁷  in the west, including all the nations I defeated. ⁸ 

Joshua 24:1

Israel Renews its Commitment to the Lord

24:1 Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel’s elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God.

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¹ tn Heb “By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord had commanded by Moses, to the nine tribes and the half-tribe.”

² tn Or “assigned an inheritance.”

³ tn Or “no inheritance.”

⁴ tn The Hebrew text adds, “in their midst.”

⁵ tn Heb “ten leaders with him, one leader, one leader for a paternal house, for all the tribes of Israel, and each a head of the house of their father, they belong to the clans of Israel.”

⁶ tn Heb “I have assigned by lots to you these remaining nations as an inheritance for your tribes.”

⁷ tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

⁸ tn Heb “from the Jordan and all the nations which I cut off and the Great Sea [at] the place where the sun sets.” The relationship of the second half of the verse, which mentions nations already conquered, to the first half, which speaks of “remaining nations,” is difficult to understand.