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1. Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders of all the tribes of Israel decided what land to give to the people.
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1. And these H428 are the countries which H834 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 inherited H5157 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667 , which H834 Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 , and Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 , and the heads H7218 of the fathers H1 of the tribes H4294 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , distributed for inheritance H5157 to them.
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2. The Lord had commanded Moses long ago how he wanted the people to choose their land. The people of the nine and a half tribes threw lots to decide which land they would get.
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2. By lot H1486 was their inheritance H5159 , as H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 by the hand H3027 of Moses H4872 , for the nine H8672 tribes H4294 , and for the half H2677 tribe H4294 .
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3. Moses had already given the two and a half tribes their land east of the Jordan River. The tribe of Levi did not receive any land like the other tribes.
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3. For H3588 Moses H4872 had given H5414 the inheritance H5159 of two H8147 tribes H4294 and a half H2677 tribe H4294 on the other side H4480 H5676 Jordan H3383 : but unto the Levites H3881 he gave H5414 none H3808 inheritance H5159 among H8432 them.
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4. The descendants of Joseph had divided into two tribes� Manasseh and Ephraim. Each of these tribes received some land; the tribe of Levi was not given any land. They were given only some towns scattered throughout the other tribes and some fields around those towns for their animals.
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4. For H3588 the children H1121 of Joseph H3130 were H1961 two H8147 tribes H4294 , Manasseh H4519 and Ephraim H669 : therefore they gave H5414 no H3808 part H2506 unto the Levites H3881 in the land H776 , save H3588 H518 cities H5892 to dwell H3427 in , with their suburbs H4054 for their cattle H4735 and for their substance H7075 .
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5. The Lord had told Moses how to divide the land among the tribes of Israel. The Israelites divided the land the way the Lord had commanded.
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5. As H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 H853 Moses H4872 , so H3651 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 , and they divided H2505 H853 the land H776 .
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6. One day some people from the tribe of Judah went to Joshua at Gilgal. One of them was Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite. Caleb said to Joshua, "You remember what the Lord said at Kadesh Barnea. The Lord was speaking to Moses, his servant. The Lord was talking about you and me.
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6. Then the children H1121 of Judah H3063 came H5066 unto H413 Joshua H3091 in Gilgal H1537 : and Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 the Kenezite H7074 said H559 unto H413 him, Thou H859 knowest H3045 H853 the thing H1697 that H834 the LORD H3068 said H1696 unto H413 Moses H4872 the man H376 of God H430 concerning H5921 H182 me and thee in Kadesh H6947 -barnea.
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7. Moses, the Lord's servant, sent me to look at the land where we were going. I was 40 years old at that time. When I came back, I told Moses what I thought about the land.
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7. Forty H705 years H8141 old H1121 was I H595 when Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of the LORD H3068 sent H7971 me from Kadesh H4480 H6947 -barnea to espy out H7270 H853 the land H776 ; and I brought H7725 him word H1697 again as H834 it was in H5973 mine heart H3824 .
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8. The other men who went with me told the people things that made them afraid. But I really believed that the Lord would allow us to take that land.
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8. Nevertheless my brethren H251 that H834 went up H5927 with H5973 me made H853 the heart H3820 of the people H5971 melt H4529 : but I H595 wholly H4390 followed H310 the LORD H3068 my God H430 .
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9. So that day Moses made a promise to me. He said, 'The land where you went will become your land. Your children will own that land forever. I will give you that land because you really believed in the Lord, my God.'
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9. And Moses H4872 swore H7650 on that H1931 day H3117 , saying H559 , Surely H518 H3808 the land H776 whereon H834 thy feet H7272 have trodden H1869 shall be H1961 thine inheritance H5159 , and thy children H1121 's forever H5704 H5769 , because H3588 thou hast wholly H4390 followed H310 the LORD H3068 my God H430 .
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10. "Now the Lord has kept me alive for 45 more years�like he said he would. During that time we all wandered in the desert. Now, here I am, 85 years old.
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10. And now H6258 , behold H2009 , the LORD H3068 hath kept me alive H2421 H853 , as H834 he said H1696 , these H2088 forty H705 and five H2568 years H8141 , even since H4480 H227 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 H853 this H2088 word H1697 unto H413 Moses H4872 , while H834 the children of Israel H3478 wandered H1980 in the wilderness H4057 : and now H6258 , lo H2009 , I H595 am this day H3117 fourscore H8084 and five H2568 years H8141 old H1121 .
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11. I am still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. I am as ready to fight as I was then.
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11. As yet H5750 I am as strong H2389 this day H3117 as H834 I was in the day H3117 that Moses H4872 sent H7971 me : as my strength H3581 was then H227 , even so is my strength H3581 now H6258 , for war H4421 , both to go out H3318 , and to come in H935 .
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12. So give me the hill country that the Lord promised me that day long ago. At that time you heard that the strong Anakites lived there and the cities were very big and well protected. But now, maybe the Lord will be with me, and I will take that land like the Lord said."
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12. Now H6258 therefore give H5414 me H853 this H2088 mountain H2022 , whereof H834 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 in that H1931 day H3117 ; for H3588 thou H859 heardest H8085 in that H1931 day H3117 how H3588 the Anakims H6062 were there H8033 , and that the cities H5892 were great H1419 and fenced H1219 : if H194 so be the LORD H3068 will be with H854 me , then I shall be able to drive them out H3423 , as H834 the LORD H3068 said H1696 .
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13. Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh. Joshua gave him the city of Hebron as his own.
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13. And Joshua H3091 blessed H1288 him , and gave H5414 unto Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 H853 Hebron H2275 for an inheritance H5159 .
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14. And that city still belongs to the family of Caleb son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite. That land still belongs to his people because he trusted and obeyed the Lord, God of Israel.
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14. Hebron H2275 therefore H5921 H3651 became H1961 the inheritance H5159 of Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 the Kenezite H7074 unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 , because H3282 that H834 he wholly H4390 followed H310 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 .
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15. In the past that city was called Kiriath Arba. It was named for the greatest man among the Anakites�a man named Arba. After this there was peace in the land.
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15. And the name H8034 of Hebron H2275 before H6440 was Kirjath H7153 -arba; which Arba was a great H1419 man H120 among the Anakims H6062 . And the land H776 had rest H8252 from war H4480 H4421 .
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