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.
