Joshua 14:13

And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Yephunneh for an inheritance.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

In Context

12Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spoke on that day; for thou didst hear on that day that the 'Anakim were there, and great fortified cities: perhaps the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as the Lord hath spoken.

14Therefore did Hebron become the inheritance of Caleb the son of Yephunneh the Kenizzite unto this day; for the cause that he had wholly followed the Lord the God of Israel.

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Cross References

Genesis 47:10And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

Joshua 15:13And unto Caleb the son of Yephunneh he gave as a portion among the children of Judah, according to the order of the Lord to Joshua, Kiryath-arba' the father of 'Anak, which is Hebron.

Joshua 21:12But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Yephunneh for his possession.

Judges 1:20And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken; and he drove out thence the three sons of 'Anak.

1 Samuel 30:31And to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men had wandered about.

1 Chronicles 6:55(6:40) And they gave unto them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its open spaces round about it.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 14:7-15

Caleb's Request. ( b. c. 1444.) 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 Kadeshbarnea. 7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. 8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly… Read the whole commentary →

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