Joshua 18:3

“And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, etc.] To those of the seven tribes: how long [are] you slack to go to possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers hath given you? not that they might have taken possession of it of themselves, without having it assigned to them by lot; that they did not do this, is not what is complained of, and they stand reproved for; but that when two tribes and a half had received their inheritance, these seemed indifferent to it, showed no inclination and disposition towards it, and much less eagerness to have a settlement, and did not apply to the court for it; which dilatoriness might arise from the present affluence of all good things they enjoyed…”

“How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers hath given you--This reproof conveys an impression that the seven tribes were dilatory to a criminal extent.”

“This backwardness probably arose from the indisposition of the people to abandon the nomad life in which they had been born and bred, and to settle in fixed abodes, and perhaps also from a dislike of the exterminating warfare incidental to a complete dispossessing of the Canaanites. return to 'Top of Page'”

“How long are you slack - This slackness is supposed to arise from an opinion of the impossibility of making any regular distribution of the parts, 'till the whole were more exactly surveyed, which accordingly is here done. Likewise, being weary of war, and having sufficient plenty of all things, they were unwilling to run into new hazards. Joshua 18:4”

“How long are: Jdg 18:9; Pro 2:2-6, Pro 10:4, Pro 13:4, Pro 15:19; Ecc 9:10; Zep 3:16; Mat 20:6; Joh 6:27; Phi 3:13, Phi 3:14; Pe2 1:10, Pe2 1:11 Joshua 18:4”