2 Their inheritance was aby lot, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.
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.
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