Joshua 14 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Inheritance Beyond the Jordan

Now these^H428 are the territories which^H834 the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478 inherited^H5157 in the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667, which^H834 Eleazar^H499 the priest^H3548 and Joshua^H3091 the son^H1121 of Nun^H5126 and the heads^H7218 of the [fn]households^H1 of the tribes^H4294 of the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478 apportioned^H5157 to them for^H5157 an^H5157 inheritance^H5157,

Jos 14:2

Jos 14:2by the lot of their inheritance, as Yahweh commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

Jos 14:3

Jos 14:3For 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.

Jos 14:4

Jos 14:4For 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.

Jos 14:5

Jos 14:5Thus the sons of Israel did just as Yahweh had commanded Moses, and they divided the land.

Caleb’s Inheritance

Jos 14:6

Then the sons^H1121 of Judah^H3063 drew^H5066 near^H5066 to Joshua^H3091 in Gilgal^H1537, and Caleb^H3612 the son^H1121 of Jephunneh^H3312 the Kenizzite^H7074 said^H559 to him, “You know^H3045 the word^H1697 which^H834 Yahweh^H3068 spoke^H1696 to Moses^H4872 the man^H376 of God^H430 concerning^H182 [fn]you and me in Kadesh-barnea^H6947.

Jos 14:7

Jos 14:7“I was forty years old when Moses the servant of Yahweh sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought word back to him as it was in my heart.

Jos 14:8

Jos 14:8“Nevertheless, my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people [fn]melt with fear; but I followed Yahweh my God fully.

Jos 14:9

Jos 14:9“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 Yahweh my God fully.’

Jos 14:10

Jos 14:10“So now behold, Yahweh has let me live, just as He spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that Yahweh spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; so now behold, I am eighty-five years old today.

Jos 14:11

Jos 14:11“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.

Jos 14:12

Jos 14:12“So now, give me this hill country about which Yahweh spoke on that day, for you heard on that day that Anakim were there, with great fortified cities; perhaps Yahweh will be with me, and I will dispossess them as Yahweh has spoken.”

Jos 14:13

So Joshua^H3091 blessed^H1288 him and gave^H5414 Hebron^H2275 to Caleb^H3612 the son^H1121 of Jephunneh^H3312 for an inheritance^H5159.

Jos 14:14

Jos 14:14Therefore, Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite until this day because he fully followed Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Jos 14:15