“And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the Lord in Shiloh.”
So the men arose and went. And Joshua charged them, saying, 'Go throughout the land and describe it and come back to me. And I will cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh.' — The survey team's commissioning emphasizes both human responsibility ('describe it') and divine oversight ('before the LORD in Shiloh'). Joshua's double charge—to go and return with descriptions—frames the survey as a sacred task, not mere cartography. The theocratic dimension is explicit: the land's division will be decided by God through the casting of lots at the sanctuary.
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