Now these are the territories which
the sons
of Israel
inherited
in the land
of Canaan
, which
aEleazar
the priest
, and Joshua
the son
of Nun
, and the heads
of the 1households
of the tribes
of the sons
of Israel
apportioned
to them for an inheritance
,
by the alot of their inheritance
, as the LORD
commanded
1through
Moses
, for the nine
tribes
and the half-tribe
.
For aMoses had given
the inheritance
of the two
tribes
and the half-tribe
beyond
the Jordan
; but bhe did not give
an inheritance
to the Levites
among
them.
For the sons of Joseph
were two
tribes
, aManasseh
and Ephraim
, and they did not give
a portion
to the Levites
in the land
, except
cities
to live
in, with their pasture
lands
for their livestock
and for their property
.
Thus the sons
of Israel
did
just
aas the LORD
had commanded
Moses
, and they divided
the land
.
Then the sons of Judah
drew
near
to Joshua
in Gilgal
, and aCaleb
the son
of Jephunneh
the Kenizzite
said
to him, "You know
the word
which
the LORD
spoke
to Moses
the man
of God
concerning
1you and me in Kadesh-barnea
.
"I was forty years
old
when aMoses
the servant
of the LORD
sent
me from Kadesh-barnea
to spy
out the land
, and I brought
word
back
to him as it was in my heart
.
"Nevertheless my brethren who
went
up with me made the heart
of the people
1melt
with fear
; but aI followed
the LORD
my God
fully
.
"So Moses swore
on that day
, saying
, `Surely
athe land
on which
your foot
has trodden
will be an inheritance
to you and to your children
forever
, because
you have followed
the LORD
my God
fully
.'
"Now behold
, the LORD
has let me live
, just
as He spoke
, these
forty-five
years
, from the time
that the LORD
spoke
this
word
to Moses
, when
Israel
walked
in the wilderness
; and now
behold
, I am eighty-five
years
old
today
.
" aI am still as strong
today
as I was in the day
Moses
sent
me; as my strength
was then
, so my strength
is now
, for war
and for bgoing
out and coming
in.
"Now then, give
me this
hill
country
about which
the LORD
spoke
on that day
, for you heard
on that day
that aAnakim
were there
, with great
fortified
cities
; perhaps
the LORD
will be with me, and I will 1drive
them out as the LORD
has spoken
."
So Joshua ablessed
him and bgave
Hebron
to Caleb
the son
of Jephunneh
for an inheritance
.
Therefore, Hebron
became
the inheritance
of Caleb
the son
of Jephunneh
the Kenizzite
until
this
day
, because
he followed
the LORD
God
of Israel
fully
.
Now the name of Hebron
was formerly
1Kiriath-arba
; for Arba was the greatest
man
among the Anakim
. aThen the land
had
rest
from war
.