“divide this land.” Joshua divided the land by lot, by the Urim and Thummim in the breastplate of the High Priest.

“to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.” These are the tribes that settled in the land of Israel west of the Jordan River. The tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh, settled in the Transjordan, east of the Jordan River and the Promised Land.