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1-2-3-4-5Nine and a half tribes still did not have any land, although two and a half tribes had already received land east of the Jordan River. Moses had divided that land among them, and he had also said that the Levi tribe would not receive a large region like the other tribes. Instead, the people of Levi would receive towns and the nearby pastures for their sheep, goats, and cattle. And since the descendants of Joseph had become the two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, there were still nine and a half tribes that needed land. The Lord had told Moses that he would show those tribes how to divide up the land of Canaan.[#Nu 26.52-56; 34.13; Nu 32.33; 34.14,15; Dt 3.12-17.; #14.1-5 The Hebrew text has “those tribes must cast lots to find out.” Pieces of wood or stone (called “lots”) were used to find out what God wanted his people to do.]
When the priest Eleazar, Joshua, and the leaders of the families and tribes of Israel met to divide up the land of Canaan, the Lord showed them how to do it.
6One day while the Israelites were still camped at Gilgal, Caleb the son of Jephunneh went to talk with Joshua. Caleb belonged to the Kenaz clan, and many other people from the Judah tribe went with Caleb. He told Joshua:[#Nu 14.30.]
13Joshua prayed that God would help Caleb, then he gave Hebron to Caleb and his descendants.
14And Hebron still belongs to Caleb's descendants, because he was faithful to the Lord God of Israel.
15Hebron used to be called Arba's Town, because Arba had been one of the greatest of the Anakim.[#14.15 Or “Kiriath-Arba.”; #14.15 Hebrew; one ancient translation “Arba's Town. It was one of the main towns.”]
There was peace in the land.