Joshua 14 (NET)

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Joshua 14:1¹The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 34:17-29

Joshua 14:2²The land assignments to the nine-and-a-half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the Lord had instructed Moses.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 33:54 Num 34:13 Num 26:55-56 Prov 16:33 Matt 25:34 Prov 18:18 Ps 16:5-6

Joshua 14:3³Now Moses had assigned land to the two-and-a-half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land to the Levites.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 13:14 Josh 13:8 Deut 3:12-17 Josh 13:32-33 Num 32:29-42

Joshua 14:4⁴The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 48:5 1 Chr 5:1-2 1 Chr 6:54-81 Josh 21:2-42 Num 35:2-8

Joshua 14:5⁵The Israelites followed the Lord ’s instructions to Moses and divided up the land.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 21:2 Num 35:1-2

Joshua 14:6⁶The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 14:30 Num 13:6 Num 14:24 Josh 14:14 Num 14:6 Josh 15:17 Num 13:26 Num 32:12 Deut 1:36-38 Ps 90:1

Joshua 14:7⁷I was forty years old when Moses, the Lord ’s servant, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy on the land and I brought back to him an honest report.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 13:6 Num 13:16-20 Num 13:26-33 Num 14:6-10

Joshua 14:8⁸My countrymen who accompanied me frightened the people, but I remained loyal to the Lord my God.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 14:24 Deut 1:36 Num 13:31 Josh 14:14 Rev 14:4

Joshua 14:9⁹That day Moses made this solemn promise: ‘Surely the land on which you walked will belong to you and your descendants permanently, for you remained loyal to the Lord your God.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 1:3 Deut 1:36 Num 14:22-24 Num 13:22

Joshua 14:10¹⁰So now, look, the Lord has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the Lord spoke these words to Moses, while Israel traveled through the wilderness. See here, I am today eighty-five years old!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 14:30 Num 14:33-34 Josh 11:18

Joshua 14:11¹¹Today I am still as strong as when Moses sent me out. I can fight and go about my daily activities with the same energy I had then.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 34:7 Ps 103:5 Deut 31:2 Ps 90:10

Joshua 14:12¹²Now, assign me this hill country that the Lord promised me at that time! No doubt you heard then that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. But assuming the Lord is with me, I will conquer them, as the Lord promised.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 11:33 Phil 4:13 Num 13:33 Num 13:28 Josh 15:14 Rom 8:31 Num 14:8-9 Ps 27:1-3 Ps 44:3 Ps 60:12

Joshua 14:13¹³Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 1:20 Josh 22:6 1 Chr 6:55-56 Josh 10:36-37 Josh 15:13 Josh 21:11-12 1 Sam 1:17 Gen 47:10 Gen 47:7 Song 6:9

Joshua 14:14¹⁴So Hebron remains the assigned land of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this very day because he remained loyal to the Lord God of Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 15:58 Josh 14:8-9

Joshua 14:15¹⁵(Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. Arba was a famous Anakite. ) Then the land was free of war.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 11:23 Gen 23:2 Josh 15:13 Judg 3:11 Judg 5:31 Judg 8:28 Judg 3:30