CHAP. XIV.
Caleb's petition. Hebron is
given to him and to his
seed.
1 This is what the children
of Israel possessed
in the land of Chanaan, which
Eleazar the priest, and Josue
the son of Nun, and the princes
of the families by the tribes
of Israel gave to them:
2 Dividing all by lot, as the
Lord had commanded by the
hand of Moses, to the nine
tribes, and the half tribe.
3 For to two tribes and a
half Moses had given possession
beyond the Jordan: besides
the Levites, who received
no land among their brethren:
4 But in their place succeeded
the children of Joseph
divided into two-tribes, of
Manasses and Ephraim: neither
did the Levites receive
other portion of land, but
cities to dwell in, and their
-- --
suburbs to feed their beasts
and flocks.
5 As the Lord had commanded
Moses, so did the
children of Israel, and they
divided the land.
6 Then the children of
Juda came to Josue in Galgal,
and Caleb the son of Jephone
the Cenezite spoke to him:
Thou knowest what the Lord
spoke to Moses the man of
God concerning me and thee
in Cadesbarne.
7 I was forty years old
when Moses the servant of
the Lord sent me from Cadesbarne,
to view the land,
and I brought him word again
as to me seemed true.
8 But my brethren, that
had gone up with me, discouraged
the heart of the
people: and I nevertheless
followed the Lord my God.
9 And Moses swore in that
day, saying: The land, which
thy foot hath trodden upon
shall be thy possession, and thy
children's for ever, because
thou hast followed the Lord
my God.
10 The Lord therefore
hath granted me life, as he
promised until this present day.
It is forty and five years, since
the Lord spoke this word to
Moses, when Israel journeyed
through the wilderness: this
day I am eighty five years
old,
11 As strong, as I was at
that time when I was sent to
view the land: the strength
of that time continueth in me
until this day, as well to fight
as to march.
12 Give me therefore this
mountain, which the Lord
promised, in thy hearing also,
wherein are the Enacims, and
cities great and strong: if so
be the Lord will be with me,
and I shall be able to destroy
them, as he promised me.
13 And Josue blessed him,
and gave him Hebron in possession.
14 And from that time
note Hebron belonged to Caleb
the son of Jephone the Cenezite,
until this present day:
because he followed the Lord
the God of Israel.
15 The name of Hebron
before was called Cariath Arbe:
Adam the greatest among the
Enacims was laid there: and
the land rested from wars.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
