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Just as Yahweh commanded Moses, so the Israelites[a] did; and they allotted the land.

Caleb Receives Hebron

Then the descendants[b] of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal; and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the word that Yahweh said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh Barnea concerning you and me. I was forty years old[c] when Moses Yahweh’s servant sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land, and I returned with an honest report.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 14:5 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Joshua 14:6 Or “sons”
  3. Joshua 14:7 Literally “I was a son of forty years
  4. Joshua 14:7 Literally “with a word just as was with my heart”

So the Israelites divided the land, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.(A)

Allotment for Caleb

Now the people of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal,(B) and Caleb son of Jephunneh(C) the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said to Moses the man of God(D) at Kadesh Barnea(E) about you and me.(F) I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh Barnea(G) to explore the land.(H) And I brought him back a report according to my convictions,(I)

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