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# the land up and down
The words "up and down" mean in every direction. Alternate translation: "the land in every direction" or "throughout the land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# 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. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])