Joshua 12:7-15:19

New International Version

⁷ Here is a list of the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon^(A) to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their lands as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their tribal divisions. ⁸ The lands included the hill country, the western foothills, the Arabah, the mountain slopes, the wilderness and the Negev.^(B) These were the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. These were the kings:^(C)

Land Still to Be Taken

13 When Joshua had grown old,^(AE) the Lord said to him, “You are now very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over.

⁶ “As for all the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim,^(AT) that is, all the Sidonians, I myself will drive them out^(AU) before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate this land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have instructed you,^{(AV) 7} and divide it as an inheritance^(AW) among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh.”

Division of the Land East of the Jordan

⁸ The other half of Manasseh,^[a] the Reubenites and the Gadites had received the inheritance that Moses had given them east of the Jordan, as he, the servant of the Lord, had assigned^(AX) it to them.^(AY)

¹⁴ But to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance, since the food offerings presented to the Lord, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as he promised them.^(BO)

¹⁵ This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Reuben, according to its clans:

²⁴ This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Gad, according to its clans:

²⁹ This is what Moses had given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the family of the descendants of Manasseh, according to its clans:

³² This is the inheritance Moses had given when he was in the plains of Moab^(CZ) across the Jordan east of Jericho.^{(DA) 33} But to the tribe of Levi, Moses had given no inheritance;^(DB) the Lord, the God of Israel, is their inheritance,^(DC) as he promised them.^(DD)

Division of the Land West of the Jordan

14 Now these are the areas the Israelites received as an inheritance^(DE) in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar^(DF) the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel^(DG) allotted^(DH) to them.^{(DI) 2} Their inheritances were assigned by lot^(DJ) to the nine and a half tribes,^(DK) as the Lord had commanded through Moses. ³ Moses had granted the two and a half tribes their inheritance east of the Jordan^(DL) but had not granted the Levites an inheritance among the rest,^{(DM) 4} for Joseph’s descendants had become two tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim.^(DN) The Levites received no share of the land but only towns to live in, with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.^{(DO) 5} So the Israelites divided the land, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.^(DP)

Allotment for Caleb

⁶ Now the people of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal,^(DQ) and Caleb son of Jephunneh^(DR) the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said to Moses the man of God^(DS) at Kadesh Barnea^(DT) about you and me.^{(DU) 7} I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh Barnea^(DV) to explore the land.^(DW) And I brought him back a report according to my convictions,^{(DX) 8} but my fellow Israelites who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt in fear.^(DY) I, however, followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly.^{(DZ) 9} So on that day Moses swore to me, ‘The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance^(EA) and that of your children^(EB) forever, because you have followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly.’^[c]

¹⁰ “Now then, just as the Lord promised,^(EC) he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved^(ED) about in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old!^{(EE) 11} I am still as strong^(EF) today as the day Moses sent me out; I’m just as vigorous^(EG) to go out to battle now as I was then. ¹² Now give me this hill country that the Lord promised me that day.^(EH) You yourself heard then that the Anakites^(EI) were there and their cities were large and fortified,^(EJ) but, the Lord helping me, I will drive them out just as he said.”

¹³ Then Joshua blessed^(EK) Caleb son of Jephunneh^(EL) and gave him Hebron^(EM) as his inheritance.^{(EN) 14} So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the Lord, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly.^{(EO) 15} (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba^(EP) after Arba,^(EQ) who was the greatest man among the Anakites.)

Then the land had rest^(ER) from war.

Allotment for Judah^(ES)

15 The allotment for the tribe of Judah, according to its clans, extended down to the territory of Edom,^(ET) to the Desert of Zin^(EU) in the extreme south.^(EV)

These are the boundaries around the people of Judah by their clans.

¹³ In accordance with the Lord’s command to him, Joshua gave to Caleb^(GC) son of Jephunneh a portion in Judah—Kiriath Arba^(GD), that is, Hebron.^(GE) (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)^{(GF) 14} From Hebron Caleb drove out the three Anakites^(GG)—Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai,^(GH) the sons of Anak.^{(GI) 15} From there he marched against the people living in Debir (formerly called Kiriath Sepher). ¹⁶ And Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Aksah^(GJ) in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.” ¹⁷ Othniel^(GK) son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage.

¹⁸ One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him^[e] to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What can I do for you?”

¹⁹ She replied, “Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in the Negev,^(GL) give me also springs of water.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.^(GM)