Joshua 14
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 14 of 24
Chapter Summary
The nine tribes and a half are to have their inheritance by lot. 6 Caleb by privilege obtains Hebron.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
Son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite; at 85, claims Hebron, the mountain Jehovah promised because he wholly followed Him
Son of Nun; with Eleazar apportions the inheritance and blesses Caleb, granting him Hebron
The priest who, with Joshua, causes the tribes of Israel to inherit the land by lot
Servant of Jehovah who earlier sent Caleb to spy the land and swore the land would be his inheritance
The Kenizzite, father of Caleb, named in his patronymic
Giant inhabitants of Hebron's great walled cities whom Caleb resolves to dispossess; Arba was their great man
Timeline
Eleazar the priest, Joshua, and the heads of the fathers begin to apportion the land of Canaan by lot for the remaining nine and a half tribes.
Joshua 14:1-5Caleb approaches Joshua at Gilgal, recounting his faithfulness as a spy 45 years prior and Moses' oath, and requests the mountain of Hebron.
Joshua 14:6-12Joshua blesses Caleb and officially gives him Hebron (formerly City of Arba) for an inheritance, after which the land rests from war.
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