Joshua 14

New King James Version

The Land Divided West of the Jordan

14 Theseare the areaswhich the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan,^(A)which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel distributed as an inheritance to them.² Their inheritancewas^(B)by lot, as theLordhad commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.^3 (C)For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe on the other side of the Jordan; but to the Levites he had given no inheritance among them.⁴ For^(D)the children of Joseph were two tribes: Manasseh and Ephraim. And they gave no part to the Levites in the land, except^(E)cities to dwellin,with their common-lands for their livestock and their property.^5 (F)As theLordhad commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land.

Caleb Inherits Hebron

⁶ Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the^(G)Kenizzite said to him: “You know^(H)the word which theLordsaid to Moses the man of God concerning^(I)you and me in Kadesh Barnea.⁷ Iwasforty years old when Moses the servant of theLord^(J)sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back word to him asit wasin my heart.⁸ Nevertheless^(K)my brethren who went up with me made the^[a]heart of the people melt, but I wholly^(L)followed theLordmy God.⁹ So Moses swore on that day, saying,^(M)‘Surely the land^(N)where your foot has trodden shall be your inheritance and your children’s forever, because you have wholly followed theLordmy God.’¹⁰ And now, behold, theLordhas kept me^(O)alive,^(P)as He said, these forty-five years, ever since theLordspoke this word to Moses while Israel^[b]wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this day, eighty-five years old.^11 (Q)As yet Iam asstrong this day as on the day that Moses sent me; just as my strengthwasthen, so nowismy strength for war, both^(R)for going out and for coming in.¹² Now therefore, give me this mountain of which theLordspoke in that day; for you heard in that day how^(S)the Anakimwerethere, andthatthe citiesweregreatandfortified.^(T)It may be that theLordwill bewith me, and^(U)I shall be able to drive them out as theLordsaid.”

¹³ And Joshua^(V)blessed him,^(W)and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.^14 (X)Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he^(Y)wholly followed theLordGod of Israel.¹⁵ And^(Z)the name of Hebron formerly was Kirjath Arba (Arba wasthe greatest man among the Anakim).

^(AA)Then the land had rest from war.