Joshua 14
1 And these are the countries which the
children of
Israel inherited in the
land of
Canaan, which
Eleazar the
priest, and
Joshua the
son of
Nun, and the
heads of the
fathers of the
tribes of the
children of
Israel, distributed for
inheritance to them.
2 By
lot was their
inheritance, as the
LORD commanded by the
hand of
Moses, for the
nine tribes, and for the
half tribe. 3 For
Moses had
given the
inheritance of
two tribes and an
half tribe on the other
side Jordan: but unto the
Levites he
gave none
inheritance among them.
4 For the
children of
Joseph were
two tribes, Manasseh and
Ephraim: therefore they
gave no
part unto the
Levites in the
land, save
cities to
dwell in, with their
suburbs for their
cattle and for their
substance. 5 As the
LORD commanded Moses, so the
children of
Israel did, and they
divided the
land. 6 Then the
children of
Judah came unto
Joshua in
Gilgal: and
Caleb the
son of
Jephunneh the
Kenezite said unto him, Thou
knowest the
thing that the
LORD said unto
Moses the
man of
God concerning
me and
thee in
Kadeshbarnea. 7 Forty years old was I when
Moses the
servant of the
LORD sent me from
Kadeshbarnea to espy
out the
land; and I
brought him
word again as it was in mine
heart. 8 Nevertheless my
brethren that went
up with me made the
heart of the
people melt: but I
wholly followed the
LORD my
God. 9 And
Moses sware on that
day, saying, Surely the
land whereon thy
feet have
trodden shall be thine
inheritance, and thy
children's for ever, because thou hast
wholly followed the
LORD my
God. 10 And now, behold, the
LORD hath kept me
alive, as he
said, these
forty and
five years, even
since the
LORD spake this
word unto
Moses, while the children of
Israel wandered in the
wilderness: and now, lo, I am this
day fourscore and
five years old. 11 As yet I am as
strong this
day as I was in the
day that
Moses sent me: as my
strength was then, even so is my
strength now, for
war, both to go
out, and to come
in.
12 Now therefore
give me this
mountain, whereof the
LORD spake in that
day; for thou
heardest in that
day how the
Anakims were there, and that the
cities were
great and
fenced: if so
be the
LORD will be
with me, then I shall be able to drive them
out, as the
LORD said.
13 And
Joshua blessed him, and
gave unto
Caleb the
son of
Jephunneh Hebron for an
inheritance. 14 Hebron therefore became the
inheritance of
Caleb the
son of
Jephunneh the
Kenezite unto this
day, because that he
wholly followed the
LORD God of
Israel. 15 And the
name of
Hebron before was
Kirjatharba; which Arba was a
great man among the
Anakims. And the
land had
rest from
war.