Land Division West of the Jordan
Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel. Num 34:17-29 Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses. Num 33:54Num 34:13Num 26:55-56Pro 16:33Mat 25:34Pro 18:18Psa 16:5-6 For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites. Jos 13:14Deu 3:12-17Num 32:29-42Jos 13:32-33Jos 13:8
The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds. Gen 48:51Ch 5:1-21Ch 6:54-81Jos 21:2-42Num 35:2-8
So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they divided the land. Jos 21:2Num 35:1-2
Caleb Requests Hebron
Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me. Num 14:30Num 13:6Num 14:24Jos 14:14Num 14:6Jos 15:17Num 13:26Num 32:12 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 back to him an honest report. Num 13:6Num 13:16-20Num 13:26-33Num 14:6-10
Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God. Num 14:24Deu 1:36Num 13:31Jos 14:14Rev 14:4 On that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’ Jos 1:3Deu 1:36Num 14:22-24Num 13:22
Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old, Num 14:30Num 14:33-34Jos 11:18 still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. As my strength was then, so it is now for war, for going out, and for coming in. Deu 34:7Psa 103:5Deu 31:2Psa 90:10
Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.” Heb 11:33Php 4:13Num 13:33Num 13:28Jos 15:14Rom 8:31Num 14:8-9Psa 27:1-3
Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance. Jdg 1:20Jos 22:61Ch 6:55-56Jos 10:36-37Jos 15:13Jos 21:11-121Sa 1:17Gen 47:10 Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel. 1Co 15:58Jos 14:8-9 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Jos 11:23Gen 23:2Jdg 3:11Jos 15:13Jdg 5:31Jdg 8:28Jdg 3:30
Then the land had rest from war.