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Joshua 14
1 Now these are the territories which the sons of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the
heads of the households of the tribes of the sons of Israel apportioned to them for an inheritance,
2 by the lot of their inheritance, as the Lord commanded through
Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.
3 For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan; but he did not give an
inheritance to the Levites among them.
4 For the sons of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh 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.
5 Thus the sons of Israel did just as the Lord had commanded Moses, and
they divided the land.
6 Then the sons of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know the word which
the Lord spoke to Moses the man of God concerning you and me in Kadesh-barnea.
7 "I was forty years old when Moses 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.
8 "Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the
people melt with fear; but I followed the Lord my God fully.
9 "So Moses swore on that day, saying, 'Surely the 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.'
10 "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.
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"I 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 going out and coming in.
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"Now then, give me this hill country about which the Lord spoke on that day, for you heard on that day that Anakim were there, with great fortified cities; perhaps
the Lord will be with me, and I will drive them out as the Lord has spoken."
13 So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an
inheritance.
14 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.
15 Now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba; for Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land had rest from war.
Joshua 15
1 Now the
lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families reached the border of Edom, southward to the wilderness of Zin at the extreme south.
2 Their south
border was from the lower end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that turns to the south.
3 Then it proceeded southward to the ascent of Akrabbim and continued to Zin, then
went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea and continued to Hezron, and went up to Addar and turned about to Karka.
4 It continued to Azmon and proceeded to the brook of
Egypt, and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your south border.
5 The east border was the Salt Sea, as far as the mouth of the Jordan. And the border of the
north side was from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.
6 Then the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and continued on the north of Beth-arabah, and the border
went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
7 The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and turned northward toward Gilgal which is opposite the ascent
of Adummim, which is on the south of the valley; and the border continued to the waters of En-shemesh and it ended at En-rogel.
8 Then the border went up the valley of
Ben-hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite on the south (that is, Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain which is before the valley of Hinnom to the
west, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim toward the north.
9 From the top of the mountain the border curved to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and
proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, then the border curved to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
10 The border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and
continued to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north (that is, Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh and continued through Timnah.
11 The border proceeded to the side
of Ekron northward. Then the border curved to Shikkeron and continued to Mount Baalah and proceeded to Jabneel, and the border ended at the sea.
12 The west border was
at the Great Sea, even its coastline. This is the border around the sons of Judah according to their families.
13 Now he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion
among the sons of Judah, according to the command of the Lord to Joshua, namely, Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron).
14 Caleb drove out from
there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak.
15 Then he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir
formerly was Kiriath-sepher.
16 And Caleb said, "The one who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him Achsah my daughter as a wife."
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Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it; so he gave him Achsah his daughter as a wife.
18 It came about that when she came to him, she persuaded him
to ask her father for a field. So she alighted from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you want?"
19 Then she said, "Give me a blessing; since
you have given me the land of the Negev, give me also springs of water." So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families.
21 Now the cities at the extremity of the tribe of the sons of Judah toward
the border of Edom in the south were Kabzeel and Eder and Jagur,
22 and Kinah and Dimonah and Adadah,
23 and Kedesh and Hazor and Ithnan,
24 Ziph and Telem and Bealoth,
25 and Hazor-hadattah and Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),
26 Amam and Shema and Moladah,
27 and Hazar-gaddah and Heshmon and Beth-pelet,
28 and Hazar-shual and Beersheba and Biziothiah,
29 Baalah and Iim and Ezem,
30 and Eltolad and Chesil and Hormah,
31 and Ziklag and Madmannah and Sansannah,
32 and Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon; in all, twenty-nine cities with their villages.
33 In the lowland: Eshtaol and Zorah and Ashnah,
34 and Zanoah and En-gannim, Tappuah and Enam,
35 Jarmuth and Adullam, Socoh and Azekah,
36 and Shaaraim and
Adithaim and Gederah and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.
37 Zenan and Hadashah and Migdal-gad,
38 and Dilean and Mizpeh and Joktheel,
39 Lachish and Bozkath and Eglon,
40 and Cabbon and Lahmas and Chitlish,
41 and Gederoth, Beth-dagon and Naamah and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
42 Libnah and Ether and Ashan,
43 and Iphtah and Ashnah and Nezib,
44 and Keilah and Achzib and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
45 Ekron, with its towns and its villages;
46 from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
47 Ashdod, its towns and its
villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; as far as the brook of Egypt and the Great Sea, even its coastline.
48 In the hill country: Shamir and Jattir and Socoh,
49 and Dannah and Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir),
50 and Anab and Eshtemoh and Anim,
51 and Goshen and Holon and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.
52 Arab and Dumah and Eshan,
53 and Janum and Beth-tappuah and Aphekah,
54 and Humtah and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
55 Maon, Carmel and Ziph and Juttah,
56 and Jezreel and Jokdeam and Zanoah,
57 Kain, Gibeah and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.
58 Halhul, Beth-zur and Gedor,
59 and Maarath and Beth-anoth and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
60 Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
61 In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin and Secacah,
62 and Nibshan and the City of Salt and Engedi; six cities with their villages.
63 Now as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not
drive them out; so the Jebusites live with the sons of Judah at Jerusalem until this day.
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