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3 aFor Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe on the other side of the Jordan; but to the Levites he had given no inheritance among them.  
4 For athe children of Joseph were two tribes: Manasseh and Ephraim. And they gave no part to the Levites in the land, except bcities to dwell in, with their common-lands for their livestock and their property.  
5 aAs the Lord had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land.  

Caleb Inherits Hebron

6 Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the aKenizzite said to him: “You know bthe word which the Lord said to Moses the man of God concerning cyou and me in Kadesh Barnea.  
7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord asent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back word to him as it was in my heart.  
8 Nevertheless amy brethren who went up with me made the1 heart of the people melt, but I wholly bfollowed the Lord my God.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Joshua 14:5

They divided the land - This work was begun some time before at Gilgal, and was finished some time after at Shiloh. It must have required a very considerable time to make all the geographical arrangements that were necessary for this purpose.


 
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