en_tn_condensed/jos/18/04.md

# the land up and down

"the land in every direction" or "throughout the land"

# write out a description of it with a view to their inheritances

This means that they will describe the portions of land that each tribe would like to receive for an inheritance.

# their inheritances

The land that they are to survey is spoken of as if it were an inheritance that each of the tribes would receive as a permanent possession.