Joshua 14 – Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Inheritance Beyond the Jordan

1 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,

2 by the lot ^H1486 of their inheritance ^H5159, as Yahweh ^H3068 commanded ^H6680 by the hand ^H3027 of Moses ^H4872, for the nine ^H8672 tribes ^H4294 and the half-tribe ^H2677 H4294. 3 For Moses ^H4872 had given ^H5414 the inheritance ^H5159 of the two ^H8147 tribes ^H4294 and the half-tribe ^H2677 H4294 beyond ^H4480 H5676 the Jordan ^H3383; but he did not give ^H5414 an inheritance ^H5159 to the Levites ^H3881 among ^H8432 them. 4 For the sons ^H1121 of Joseph ^H3130 were two ^H8147 tribes ^H4294, Manasseh ^H4519 and Ephraim ^H669, and they did not give ^H5414 a portion ^H2506 to the Levites ^H3881 in the land ^H776, except ^H3588 H518 cities ^H5892 to live ^H3427 in, with their pasture ^H4054 lands ^H4054 for their livestock ^H4735 and for their property ^H7075. 5 Thus ^H3651 the sons ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 did ^H6213 just ^H834 as Yahweh ^H3068 had commanded ^H6680 Moses ^H4872, and they divided ^H2505 the land ^H776.

Caleb’s Inheritance

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.

7 I was forty ^H705 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 when Moses ^H4872 the servant ^H5650 of Yahweh ^H3068 sent ^H7971 me from Kadesh-barnea ^H6947 to spy ^H7270 out ^H7270 the land ^H776, and I brought ^H7725 word ^H1697 back ^H7725 to him as it was in my heart ^H3824. 8 Nevertheless, my brothers ^H251 who ^H834 went ^H5927 up ^H5927 with me made the heart ^H3820 of the people ^H5971 [fn]melt ^H4529 with fear; but I followed ^H310 Yahweh ^H3068 my God ^H430 fully ^H4390. 9 So Moses ^H4872 swore ^H7650 on that day ^H3117, saying ^H559, ‘Surely ^H518 H3808 the land ^H776 on which ^H834 your foot ^H7272 has trodden ^H1869 will be an inheritance ^H5159 to you and to your children ^H1121 forever ^H5704 H5769 because ^H3588 you have followed ^H310 Yahweh ^H3068 my God ^H430 fully ^H4390.’ 10 So now ^H6258 behold ^H2009, Yahweh ^H3068 has let me live ^H2421, just ^H834 as He spoke ^H1696, these ^H2088 forty-five ^H705 H2568 years ^H8141, from the time ^H227 that Yahweh ^H3068 spoke ^H1696 this ^H2088 word ^H1697 to Moses ^H4872, when ^H834 Israel ^H3478 walked ^H1980 in the wilderness ^H4057; so now ^H6258 behold ^H2009, I am eighty-five ^H8084 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 today ^H3117. 11 I am still ^H5750 as strong ^H2389 today ^H3117 as I was in the day ^H3117 Moses ^H4872 sent ^H7971 me; as my strength ^H3581 was then ^H227, so my strength ^H3581 is now ^H6258, for war ^H4421 and for going ^H3318 out ^H3318 and coming ^H935 in ^H935. 12 So now ^H6258, give ^H5414 me this ^H2088 hill ^H2022 country ^H2022 about which ^H834 Yahweh ^H3068 spoke ^H1696 on that day ^H3117, for you heard ^H8085 on that day ^H3117 that Anakim ^H6062 were there ^H8033, with great ^H1419 fortified ^H1219 cities ^H5892; perhaps ^H194 Yahweh ^H3068 will be with me, and I will dispossess ^H3423 them as Yahweh ^H3068 has spoken ^H1696.”

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. 14 Therefore ^H5921 H3651, Hebron ^H2275 became ^H1961 the inheritance ^H5159 of Caleb ^H3612 the son ^H1121 of Jephunneh ^H3312 the Kenizzite ^H7074 until ^H5704 this ^H2088 day ^H3117 because ^H3282 H834 he fully ^H4390 followed ^H310 Yahweh ^H3068, the God ^H430 of Israel ^H3478. 15 Now the name ^H8034 of Hebron ^H2275 was formerly ^H6440 [fn]Kiriath-arba ^H7153; for Arba was the greatest ^H1419 man ^H120 among the Anakim ^H6062. Then the land ^H776 was ^H8252 quiet ^H8252 from war ^H4421.