And these are the countrieswhich the children of Israelinherited in the land of Canaan, whichEleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
For the children of Josephwere two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: thereforetheygave no partunto the Levites in the land, savecities to dwell in, withtheirsuburbs for theircattle and for theirsubstance.
Then the children of JudahcameuntoJoshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezitesaidunto him, Thouknowest the thingthat the LORDsaiduntoMoses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.
Fortyyears old was I whenMoses the servant of the LORDsent me fromKadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him wordagain as it was in mineheart.
And Mosessware on that day, saying, Surely the landwhereon thy feethavetroddenshall be thineinheritance, and thy children’s for ever, becausethouhastwhollyfollowed the LORD my God.
And now, behold, the LORDhathkept me alive, as he said, theseforty and fiveyears, evensince the LORDspakethisworduntoMoses, while the children of Israelwandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and fiveyears old.
As yet I am as strongthis day as I was in the day thatMosessent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
Now thereforegive me thismountain, whereof the LORDspake in that day; for thouheardest in that day how the Anakimswerethere, and that the citiesweregreat and fenced: if so be the LORDwill be with me, then I shall be able to drivethem out, as the LORDsaid.