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Caleb's
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| Joshua 14:1 |
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Now these are the territories which the sons
of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua
the son of Nun, and the heads of the households of the tribes of the sons of Israel
apportioned to them for an inheritance, |
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| Joshua 14:2 |
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by the lot of their inheritance, as the LORD
commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe. |
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| Joshua 14:3 |
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For 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. |
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| Joshua 14:4 |
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For 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. |
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| Joshua 14:5 |
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Thus the sons of Israel did just as the LORD
had commanded Moses, and they divided the land. |
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| Joshua 14:6 |
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Then the sons of Judah drew near to Joshua in
Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know the
word which the LORD spoke to Moses the man of God concerning you and me in Kadesh-barnea. |
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| Joshua 14:7 |
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I was forty years old when Moses 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. |
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| Joshua 14:8 |
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Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me
made the heart of the people melt with fear; but I followed the LORD my God fully. |
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| Joshua 14:9 |
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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 the LORD my God fully.' |
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| Joshua 14:10 |
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Now 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. |
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| Joshua 14:11 |
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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. |
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| Joshua 14:12 |
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Now then, give me this hill country about which
the LORD spoke on that day, for you heard on that day that Anakim were there,
with great fortified cities; perhaps the LORD will be with me, and I will drive
them out as the LORD has spoken." |
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| Joshua 14:13 |
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So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb
the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. |
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| Joshua 14:14 |
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Therefore, Hebron became the inheritance of
Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite until this day, because he followed the
LORD God of Israel fully. |
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| Joshua 14:15 |
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Now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba;
for Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land had rest from war. |
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