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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 14
Land divided by lot amoung nine and a half tribes—Caleb inherits
Hebron as a special reward for faithfulness.
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1 AND these are
the acountries which the children of Israel
inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son
of bNun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the
children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
2 By alot was their
inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes,
and for the half tribe.
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3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two
atribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but
unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.
4 For the children of aJoseph were
two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the
Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their
bsuburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
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6 ¶ Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea.
7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant
of the LORD asent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the
land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
8 Nevertheless my abrethren that
went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly
bfollowed the LORD my God.
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9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the
aland whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine
inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed
the LORD my God.
10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive,
aas he said, these forty and five years, even since the
LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered
in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years
old.
11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
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12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the
LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims
were there, and that the cities were great and
afenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I
shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.
13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of
aCaleba the son of
Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day,
because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.
15 And the name of Hebron before was
Kirjath-arba; which aArba was a great man
among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
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14a Hebron therefore became the inheritance
of Caleb Hebron was somewhat of a prize to Caleb of Jewish
descent. Hebron had been the home of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and the burial
place of the family of Abraham. In that sense Hebron could be looked upon as
the land of inheritance from the fathers. And thus it could be said that Judah
inherited the land of his fathers despite the fact that Joseph and his sons
held the covenant birthright. But it was also clearly aloted to Benjamin that
Jerusalem was a part of his inheritance as was also Zelzah which was located
at the tomb of Rachel. But due to the tribe of Benjamin's near anialation and
the fact that king David was the one who 'conquered' Jersalem, Jerusalem and
also the region of Bethlehem and the tomb of Rachel became claimed also by
Judah though it was not Judah's by lot of inheritance.
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