Joshua 14:13

And Joshua blesseth him, and giveth Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12'And now, give to me this hill-country, of which Jehovah spake in that day, for thou didst hear in that day, for Anakim [are] there, and cities, great, fenced; if so be Jehovah [is] with me, then I have dispossessed them, as Jehovah hath spoken.'

14therefore hath Hebron been to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezzite for an inheritance unto this day, because that he was fully after Jehovah, God of Israel;

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Cross References

Genesis 47:10And Jacob blesseth Pharaoh, and goeth out from before Pharaoh.

Joshua 15:13And to Caleb son of Jephunneh hath he given a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah, according to the command of Jehovah to Joshua, [even] the city of Arba, father of Anak — it [is] Hebron.

Joshua 21:12and the field of the city and its villages they have given to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession.

Judges 1:20And they give to Caleb Hebron, as Moses hath spoken, and he dispossesseth thence the three sons of Anak.

1 Samuel 30:31and to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David had gone up and down, he and his men.

1 Chronicles 6:55and they give to them Hebron in the land of Judah and its suburbs 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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