Joshua 14
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Joshua 14:6-15

6Then the sons of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal, and 1Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the word which the Lord spoke to Moses the man of God concerning 2you and me in Kadesh-barnea. 7I was forty years old when 3Moses 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. 8Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people 4melt with fear; but 5I followed the Lord my God fully. 9So Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘Surely 6the 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.’ 10Now 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. 117I 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 8going out and coming in. 12Now then, give me this hill country about which the Lord spoke on that day, for you heard on that day that 9Anakim were there, with great fortified cities; perhaps the Lord will be with me, and I will 10drive them out as the Lord has spoken.”

13So Joshua 11blessed him and 12gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. 14Therefore, Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite until this day, because he followed the Lord God of Israel fully. 15Now the name of Hebron was formerly 13Kiriath-arba; for Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. 14Then the land had rest from war.

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Notes

  1. 1. Joshua 14:6 Num 13:6, 30; 14:6, 24, 30 ↩
  2. 2. Joshua 14:6 Lit me and concerning you ↩
  3. 3. Joshua 14:7 Num 13:1-31 ↩
  4. 4. Joshua 14:8 Lit become demoralized ↩
  5. 5. Joshua 14:8 Num 14:24; Deut 1:36 ↩
  6. 6. Joshua 14:9 Deut 1:36 ↩
  7. 7. Joshua 14:11 Deut 34:7 ↩
  8. 8. Joshua 14:11 Deut 31:2 ↩
  9. 9. Joshua 14:12 Num 13:33 ↩
  10. 10. Joshua 14:12 Or dispossess ↩
  11. 11. Joshua 14:13 Josh 22:6 ↩
  12. 12. Joshua 14:13 Judg 1:20; 1 Chr 6:55f ↩
  13. 13. Joshua 14:15 I.e. the city of Arba ↩
  14. 14. Joshua 14:15 Josh 11:23 ↩

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