Judah’s Tribal Lands
1The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders.
2The land assignments to the nine-and-a-half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the
3Now Moses had assigned land to the two-and-a-half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land to the Levites.
4The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions.
5The Israelites followed the
6The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the
7I was forty years old when Moses, the
8My countrymen who accompanied me frightened the people, but I remained loyal to the
9That day Moses made this solemn promise: ‘Surely the land on which you walked will belong to you and your descendants permanently, for you remained loyal to the
10So now, look, the
11Today I am still as strong as when Moses sent me out. I can fight and go about my daily activities with the same energy I had then.
12Now, assign me this hill country which the
13Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron.
14So Hebron remains the assigned land of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this very day because he remained loyal to the
15(Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. Arba was a famous Anakite.) Then the land was free of war.