[1] And these are the inheritances which the people of Israel received in
the land of Canaan, which Elea'zar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun,
and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel
distributed to them. [2] Their inheritance was by lot, as the LORD had
commanded Moses for the nine and one-half tribes. [3] For Moses had given
an inheritance to the two and one-half tribes beyond the Jordan; but to the
Levites he gave no inheritance among them. [4] For the people of Joseph
were two tribes, Manas'seh and E'phraim; and no portion was given to the
Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands
for their cattle and their substance. [5] The people of Israel did as the
LORD commanded Moses; they allotted the land. [6] Then the people of Judah
came to Joshua at Gilgal; and Caleb the son of Jephun'neh the Ken'izzite
said to him, "You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God in
Ka'desh-bar'nea concerning you and me. [7] I was forty years old when Moses
the servant of the LORD sent me from Ka'desh-bar'nea to spy out the land;
and I brought him word again as it was in my heart. [8] But my brethren who
went up with me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholly followed
the LORD my God. [9] And Moses swore on that day, saying, `Surely the land
on which your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your
children for ever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.' [10]
And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, as he said, these forty-five
years since the time that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while Israel
walked in the wilderness; and now, lo, I am this day eighty-five years old.
[11] I am still as strong to this day as I was in the day that Moses sent
me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war, and for going and
coming. [12] So now give me this hill country of which the LORD spoke on
that day; for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there, with great
fortified cities: it may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall
drive them out as the LORD said." [13] Then Joshua blessed him; and he gave
Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephun'neh for an inheritance. [14] So Hebron
became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephun'neh the Ken'izzite to
this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel. [15] Now
the name of Hebron formerly was Kir'iath-ar'ba; this Arba was the greatest
man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.
