1 Eleazar|strong="H0499" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548", Joshua|strong="H3091" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nun|strong="H5126", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" all the|strong="H0853" tribes|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" decided what|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5157" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H1121".
2 The|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872" long ago how|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" wanted the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H0834" to|strong="H3068" choose their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H5159". The|strong="H0834" people|strong="H0834" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" nine|strong="H8672" and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H0834" half|strong="H2677" tribes|strong="H4294" threw lots|strong="H1486" to|strong="H3068" decide which|strong="H0834" land|strong="H5159" they|strong="H0834" would|strong="H3068" get.
3 Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H4872" already given|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" two|strong="H8147" and|strong="H4872" a|strong="H3588" half|strong="H2677" tribes|strong="H4294" their|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159" east|strong="H5676" of|strong="H4294" the|strong="H3588" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H3588". The|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Levi|strong="H3881" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" receive|strong="H5414" any|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159" like|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" other|strong="H5676" tribes|strong="H4294".
4 The|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130" had|strong="H1961" divided into|strong="H0776" two|strong="H8147" tribes|strong="H4294"—Manasseh|strong="H4519" and|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669". Each|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" these tribes|strong="H4294" received|strong="H1961" some land|strong="H0776"; the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" given|strong="H5414" any|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776". They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" only|strong="H0518" some towns|strong="H5892" scattered throughout the|strong="H3588" other|strong="H8147" tribes|strong="H4294" and|strong="H1121" some fields around those|strong="H1121" towns|strong="H5892" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5414" animals|strong="H1961".
5 The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872" how|strong="H0834" to|strong="H3068" divide|strong="H2505" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" among|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" tribes of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". The|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478" divided|strong="H2505" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680".
6 One|strong="H0376" day|strong="H4872" some|strong="H0376" people|strong="H0376" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" tribe of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" Joshua|strong="H3091" at|strong="H0413" Gilgal|strong="H1537". One|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H0413" was|strong="H0834" Caleb|strong="H3612", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jephunneh|strong="H3312" the|strong="H0853" Kenizzite|strong="H7074". Caleb|strong="H3612" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Joshua|strong="H3091", “You|strong="H0859" remember what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" at|strong="H0413" Kadesh Barnea. The|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" was|strong="H0834" speaking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" Moses|strong="H4872", his|strong="H5921" servant. The|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" was|strong="H0834" talking|strong="H1696" about|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H1121" me|strong="H0413".
7 Moses|strong="H4872", the|strong="H0853" LORD’S|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650", sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7725" look at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" going|strong="H7725". I|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" 40 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" at|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H8141". When|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" came|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725", I|strong="H0834" told|strong="H1697" Moses|strong="H4872" what|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" thought|strong="H3824" about|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776".
8 The|strong="H0853" other|strong="H0251" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" went|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0310" told the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" things|strong="H5973" that|strong="H0834" made|strong="H0834" them|strong="H0853" afraid. But|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" really believed that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" allow us|strong="H0310" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H5927" that|strong="H0834" land.
9 So|strong="H1961" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" Moses|strong="H4872" made|strong="H7650" a|strong="H1961" promise|strong="H7650" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0310". He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776". Your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" that|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" forever|strong="H5769". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5159" you|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0834" really|strong="H0559" believed in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430".’
10 “Now|strong="H6258" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" kept me|strong="H0413" alive|strong="H2421" for|strong="H0413" 45 more years|strong="H8141"—as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H1696" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H3478". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H3117" we|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3117" wandered|strong="H1980" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" desert|strong="H4057". Now|strong="H6258", here|strong="H2009" I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H0595", 85 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121".
11 I|strong="H0834" am still|strong="H5750" as|strong="H0834" strong|strong="H2389" today|strong="H3117" as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" Moses|strong="H4872" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" out|strong="H3318". I|strong="H0834" am as|strong="H0834" ready|strong="H6258" to|strong="H0935" fight|strong="H4421" as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" then|strong="H0227".
12 So|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5414" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H3117". At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H3117" you|strong="H0859" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" strong|strong="H1419" Anakites|strong="H6062" lived there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" were|strong="H0834" very|strong="H2088" big and|strong="H3068" well|strong="H0834" protected. But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258", maybe|strong="H0194" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3423" that|strong="H0834" land just|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696".”
13 Joshua|strong="H3091" blessed|strong="H1288" Caleb|strong="H3612" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jephunneh|strong="H3312". Joshua|strong="H3091" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" city of|strong="H1121" Hebron|strong="H2275" as|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" own.
14 And|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" city still|strong="H5704" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0834" family of|strong="H1121" Caleb|strong="H3612" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jephunneh|strong="H3312" the|strong="H0834" Kenizzite|strong="H7074". That|strong="H0834" land|strong="H5159" still|strong="H5704" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" trusted and|strong="H1121" obeyed the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068", God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478".
15 In|strong="H0776" the|strong="H6440" past that|strong="H1931" city|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" called|strong="H8034" Kiriath Arba. It|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" for|strong="H0776" the|strong="H6440" greatest|strong="H1419" man|strong="H0120" among|strong="H0776" the|strong="H6440" Anakites|strong="H6062"—a|strong="H0776" man|strong="H0120" named|strong="H8034" Arba.