14Here are the inheritance allotments that the People of Israel received in the land of Canaan. Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the family clans made the allotments.H1121H3478H5157H776H3667H499H3548H3091H1121H5126H7218H1H4294H1121H3478H51572Each inheritance was assigned by lot to the nine and a half tribes, just as GOD had commanded Moses.H1486H5159H3068H6680H3027H4872H8672H4294H2677H42943Moses had given the two and a half tribes their inheritance east of the Jordan, but hadn't given an inheritance to the Levites, as he had to the others.H4872H5414H5159H8147H4294H2677H4294H5676H3383H3881H5414H5159H84324Because the sons of Joseph had become two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, they gave no allotment to the Levites; but they did give them cities to live in with pasture rights for their flocks and herds.H1121H3130H8147H4294H4519H669H5414H2506H3881H776H5892H3427H4054H4735H70755The People of Israel followed through exactly as GOD had commanded Moses. They apportioned the land.H3068H6680H4872H1121H3478H6213H2505H776
Caleb
6The people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite spoke: "You'll remember what GOD said to Moses the man of God concerning you and me back at Kadesh Barnea.H1121H3063H5066H3091H1537H3612H1121H3312H7074H559H3045H1697H3068H1696H4872H376H430H182H182H69477I was forty years old when Moses the servant of GOD sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land. And I brought back an honest and accurate report.H705H8141H1121H4872H5650H3068H7971H6947H7270H776H7725H1697H7725H38248My companions who went with me discouraged the people, but I stuck to my guns, totally with GOD, my God.H251H5927H3820H5971H4529H4390H310H3068H4309That was the day that Moses solemnly promised, 'The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance, you and your children's, forever. Yes, you have lived totally for GOD.'H4872H7650H3117H559H776H7272H1869H5159H1121H5704H5769H4390H310H3068H43010Now look at me: GOD has kept me alive, as he promised. It is now forty-five years since GOD spoke this word to Moses, years in which Israel wandered in the wilderness. And here I am today, eighty-five years old!H3068H2421H1696H705H2568H8141H227H3068H1696H1697H4872H3478H1980H4057H3117H8084H2568H8141H112111I'm as strong as I was the day Moses sent me out. I'm as strong as ever in battle, whether coming or going.H2389H3117H3117H4872H7971H3581H3581H4421H3318H93512So give me this hill country that GOD promised me. You yourself heard the report, that the Anakim were there with their great fortress cities. If GOD goes with me, I will drive them out, just as GOD said."H5414H2022H3068H1696H3117H8085H3117H6062H5892H1419H1219H194H3068H854H3423H3068H169613Joshua blessed him. He gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.H3091H1288H5414H3612H1121H3312H2275H515914Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite still today, because he gave himself totally to GOD, the God of Israel.H2275H5159H3612H1121H3312H7074H3117H4390H310H3068H430H347815The name of Hebron used to be Kiriath Arba, named after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.H8034H2275H6440H7153H1419H120H6062H776H8252H4421
