Joshua Chapter 14

Land West of the Jordan Divided

  ¹ These are the territories the Israelites inherited in Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua Ben-Nun, and the heads of families distributed. ² Their inheritance came by lot for the 9½ tribes. ^{[3] 4}Joseph’s people consisted of two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. Moses just gave the Levites towns to live in along with land for pasturing livestock and raising crops for them. ⁵ The Israelites allotted the land like Yahveh commanded.                                                                                                                        Josh 14:1-5                                                

            ⁶ Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. Caleb Ben-Jephunneh the Kenizzite told him,

“You know what Yahveh told Moses in Kadesh-barnea about you and me. ⁷ I was 40 when Moses sent me to spy out the land. I brought back word to him as it was in my heart. ⁸ But my brothers that went up with me made the people’s heart melt. Yet I wholly followed Yahveh. ⁹ Moses swore that day, ‘The land you’ve walked on will belong to you and your descendants permanently. You’ve followed Yahveh my God.’ ¹⁰ He^Y has kept me alive these 45 years since he said that to Moses in the desert. Today I’m 85, ¹¹ still as strong as I was when Moses sent me—strong for war and everyday life. ¹² Give me this hill country Yahveh spoke about that day. At that time, you heard that Anakim were there with big, fortified towns. Yahveh may be with me, and I can drive them out.”

¹³ Joshua blessed him and gave him Hebron. ¹⁴ It’s still his inheritance because he wholly followed Yahveh. ( ¹⁵ Hebron’s earlier name had been Kiriath-arba because Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim.) The land rested from war.    

Josh 14:6-15