Joshua 18:3 is the rebuke that motivates the surveying instructions in verse 4—the two verses are directly connected in the narrative.

Joshua 18:6 continues this instruction, telling the men to write and return with the description.

Joshua 18:9 fulfills this command — the men survey the land and bring the written description.

Numbers 13:2 sends spies from each tribe to survey Canaan. This mirrors the survey mission here.