Chapter 14

And these [are the countries] which the children of Israel inherited¹ 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 inheritance¹⁴ to them.

By lot [was] their inheritance, as the LORD commanded¹⁴ by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and [for] the half tribe.

For Moses had given¹ the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave¹ none inheritance among them.

For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave¹ no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell² [in], with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

As the LORD commanded¹⁴ Moses, so the children of Israel did,¹ and they divided⁴ the land.

Then the children of Judah came⁴ unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said⁴ unto him, Thou knowest¹ the thing that the LORD said¹⁴ unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.

Forty years old [was] I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent² me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out¹⁵ the land; and I brought him word again⁵⁵ as [it was] in mine heart.

Nevertheless my brethren that went up¹ with me made the heart of the people melt:⁵² but I wholly¹⁴ followed the LORD my God.

And Moses sware¹¹ on that day, saying,² Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden¹ shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly¹⁴ followed the LORD my God.

And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive,⁵² as he said,¹⁴ these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake¹⁴ this word unto Moses, while [the children of] Israel wandered¹ in the wilderness: and now, lo, I [am] this day fourscore and five years old.

As yet I [am as] strong this day as [I was] in the day that Moses sent² me: as my strength [was] then, even so [is] my strength now, for war, both to go out,² and to come in.²

Now therefore give³ me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake¹⁴ in that day; for thou heardest¹ in that day how the Anakims [were] there, and [that] the cities [were] great [and] fenced:⁷ if so be the LORD [will be] with me, then I shall be able to drive them out,⁵² as the LORD said.¹⁴

And Joshua blessed¹⁷ him, and gave⁴ unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly¹⁴ followed the LORD God of Israel.

And the name of Hebron before [was] Kirjatharba; ⁷⁰⁴ [which Arba was] a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest¹ from war.