Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1980 [e] וַיֵּלְכ֤וּ way-yê-lə-ḵū So went Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 582 [e] הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ hā-’ă-nā-šîm the men Art | N-mp 5674 [e] וַיַּעַבְר֣וּ way-ya-‘aḇ-rū and passed Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 776 [e] בָאָ֔רֶץ ḇā-’ā-reṣ, through the land Prep-b, Art | N-fs 3789 [e] וַיִּכְתְּב֧וּהָ way-yiḵ-tə-ḇū-hā and wrote the survey Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp | 3fs 5892 [e] לֶֽעָרִ֛ים le-‘ā-rîm by cities Prep-l, Art | N-fp 7651 [e] לְשִׁבְעָ֥ה lə-šiḇ-‘āh in seven Prep-l | Number-ms 2506 [e] חֲלָקִ֖ים ḥă-lā-qîm parts N-mp 5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- in Prep 5612 [e] סֵ֑פֶר sê-p̄er; a book N-ms 935 [e] וַיָּבֹ֧אוּ way-yā-ḇō-’ū and they came Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 413 [e] אֶל־ ’el- to Prep 3091 [e] יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ yə-hō-wō-šu-a‘ Joshua N-proper-ms 413 [e] אֶל־ ’el- at Prep 4264 [e] הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה ham-ma-ḥă-neh the camp Art | N-cs 7887 [e] שִׁלֹֽה׃ ši-lōh. in Shiloh N-proper-fs

New American Standard Bible
So the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities in seven divisions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.

King James Bible
And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So the men left, went through the land, and described it by towns in a document of seven sections. They returned to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

described The surveyors seem to have formed some kind of map of the country, as well as a description of it in writing. The Egyptians, from the situation of their fields, as annually overflowed by the Nile, acquired great skill in mensuration and land surveying; and some of the Israelites had, no doubt, learned these from them, without a knowledge of which they could not properly have divided the land. This is probably the act of surveying on record.

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Acts 13:19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he …

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