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 vvv of Israel.
Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half ... tribes , as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
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.
- 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.
So the Israelites ... did as the LORD - had commanded Moses , and they divided - the land.
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 .
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.
Although my brothers who went with me {made} the hearts of the people melt with fear , - I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
On that day Moses swore to me , saying , ‘ Surely ... the land on which you have set foot ... will be an inheritance and your children forever ... , because you have wholly followed the LORD my God. ’
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 ... ,
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.
Now therefore give - 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. ”
Then Joshua - blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
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.
( Hebron used to be called vvv Kiriath-arba , after Arba , the greatest man among the Anakim. ) Then the land had rest from war.