1Das ist es aber, was die Söhne Israels im Land Kanaan als Erbe erhielten, was Eleasar, der Priester, und Josua, der Sohn Nuns, und die Familienhäupter aus den Stämmen der Söhne Israels unter sie ausgeteilt haben, (4Mo 32,28; 4Mo 34,17; Jos 11,23; Ps 16,6; Ps 136,21)2als sie es durch das Los unter sie teilten, wie es der HERR durch Mose geboten hatte in Bezug auf die neun Stämme und den halben Stamm. (4Mo 26,55; 4Mo 33,54; 4Mo 34,13)3Denn den zwei Stämmen und dem halben Stamm hatte Mose ihr Erbteil jenseits des Jordan gegeben; den Leviten aber hatte er kein Erbteil in ihrer Mitte gegeben. (4Mo 34,14; Jos 13,8; Jos 13,14; Jos 13,33)4Denn die Söhne Josephs bildeten zwei Stämme, Manasse und Ephraim. Den Leviten aber gab man keinen Teil am Landbesitz, sondern nur Städte, in denen sie wohnen konnten, und deren Weideplätze für ihr Vieh, das sie besaßen. (1Mo 48,5; 4Mo 35,2; Jos 21,2; 1Chr 5,1; 1Chr 5,2)5Wie es der HERR dem Mose geboten hatte, so machten es die Söhne Israels und verteilten das Land. (4Mo 34,13)
Hebron wird Kaleb als Erbteil zugesprochen
6Da traten die Söhne Judas vor Josua in Gilgal, und Kaleb, der Sohn Jephunnes, der Kenisiter, sprach zu ihm: Du weißt, was der HERR zu Mose, dem Mann Gottes, meinet- und deinetwegen in Kadesch-Barnea gesagt hat. (4Mo 13,6; 4Mo 13,26; 4Mo 14,24; 4Mo 32,12; 5Mo 1,36; 5Mo 33,1; 1Chr 23,14; Ps 90,1)7Ich war 40 Jahre alt, als mich Mose, der Knecht des HERRN, von Kadesch-Barnea aussandte, das Land auszukundschaften, und ich brachte ihm Bericht, so wie es mir ums Herz war. (4Mo 13,30; 4Mo 14,6)8Aber meine Brüder, die mit mir hinaufgezogen waren, machten dem Volk das Herz verzagt; ich aber folgte dem HERRN, meinem Gott, ganz nach. (2Mo 23,2; 4Mo 13,31; 4Mo 14,1; 4Mo 14,24; 5Mo 1,36; Ps 1,1; Mt 7,13)9Da schwor mir Mose an jenem Tag und sprach: »Das Land, auf das du mit deinem Fuß getreten bist, soll dein Erbteil sein und das deiner Kinder auf ewig, denn du bist dem HERRN, meinem Gott, ganz nachgefolgt!« (Jos 1,3; Ps 37,9)10Und nun, siehe, der HERR hat mich leben lassen, wie er es mir zugesagt hatte. Und es sind nunmehr 45 Jahre, seit der HERR dies zu Mose sagte, als Israel in der Wüste wanderte. Und nun siehe, ich bin heute 85 Jahre alt, (4Mo 14,30; 4Mo 14,33; Jos 11,18; Jos 24,29)11und ich bin noch heute so stark, wie ich war an dem Tag, als mich Mose aussandte; wie meine Kraft damals war, so ist sie auch jetzt, zu kämpfen und aus- und einzuziehen. (2Mo 17,9; 5Mo 31,7; 5Mo 33,25; Ps 103,5; Jes 40,31)12Und nun, so gib mir dieses Bergland, von dem der HERR geredet hat an jenem Tag; denn du hast an jenem Tag gehört, dass die Enakiter darauf wohnen und dass es große und feste Städte hat; vielleicht wird der HERR mit mir sein, dass ich sie vertreibe, so wie der HERR geredet hat! (4Mo 13,28; 4Mo 13,33; 5Mo 9,1; Jos 1,5; Jos 1,9; 1Sam 14,6; 2Chr 14,10; Ps 44,4; Röm 8,31)13Da segnete ihn Josua und gab Kaleb, dem Sohn des Jephunne, Hebron als Erbteil. (Jos 15,13; Jos 22,6; Ri 1,20)14Daher wurde Hebron das Erbteil Kalebs, des Sohnes Jephunnes, des Kenisiters, bis zu diesem Tag, weil er dem HERRN, dem Gott Israels, gänzlich nachgefolgt war. (Jos 14,9; 1Kor 15,58)15Aber Hebron hieß vor Zeiten »Stadt Arbas«. Der war der größte Mann unter den Enakitern. — Und das Land ruhte aus vom Krieg. (1Mo 23,2; Jos 11,23; Jos 15,13)
1These are the inheritances that the people of Israel received in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel gave them to inherit. (4Mo 34,17; Jos 17,4; Jos 21,1)2Their inheritance was by lot, just as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses for the nine and one-half tribes. (4Mo 26,56; 4Mo 33,54; 4Mo 34,13)3For Moses had given an inheritance to the two and one-half tribes beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them. (Jos 13,8; Jos 13,33)4For the people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion was given to the Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands for their livestock and their substance. (1Mo 48,5; 1Chr 5,1)5The people of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses; they allotted the land. (4Mo 35,1; Jos 21,2)
Caleb’s Request and Inheritance
6Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said to Moses the man of God in Kadesh-barnea concerning you and me. (4Mo 14,24; 4Mo 14,30; 4Mo 32,12; 5Mo 1,36; 5Mo 1,38; Jos 14,13; Jos 15,17)7I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought him word again as it was in my heart. (4Mo 13,6; 4Mo 13,16; 4Mo 13,30; 4Mo 14,6)8But my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholly followed the Lord my God. (4Mo 13,31; 5Mo 1,28)9And Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘Surely the land on which your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the Lord my God.’ (4Mo 14,24; 5Mo 1,36; Jos 1,3)10And now, behold, the Lord has kept me alive, just as he said, these forty-five years since the time that the Lord spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old. (4Mo 14,30; Jos 14,7)11I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and for going and coming. (5Mo 31,2; 5Mo 34,7)12So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there, with great fortified cities. It may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the Lord said.” (4Mo 13,28; 4Mo 13,33)13Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. (Jos 10,36; Jos 15,13; Jos 21,11; Jos 22,6; Ri 1,20; 1Chr 6,55)14Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the Lord, the God of Israel. (Jos 14,8)15Now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba.[1] (Arba[2] was the greatest man among the Anakim.) And the land had rest from war. (1Mo 23,2; 1Mo 35,27; Jos 10,36; Jos 11,23; Jos 14,13; Ri 1,10)
1The rest of the tribes of Israel received their shares of land in Canaan. Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, decided what each of the tribes should receive. The leaders of the tribes helped them make these decisions.2The shares of nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh were decided by casting lots. That’s what the LORD had commanded through Moses.3Moses had given two tribes and the other half of the tribe of Manasseh their shares east of the River Jordan. But Moses had not given the Levites a share among the other tribes.4Manasseh and Ephraim were the sons of Joseph. They had become two tribes. The Levites didn’t receive any share of the land. They only received towns to live in and grasslands for their flocks and herds.5So the Israelites divided up the land, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Joshua gives Hebron to Caleb
6The people of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal. Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, spoke to Joshua. He said, ‘You know what the LORD said to Moses, the man of God. He spoke to him at Kadesh Barnea about you and me.7Moses, the servant of the LORD, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to check out the land. I was 40 years old at that time. I brought back an honest report to him. I told him exactly what I had seen.8Several other men of Israel went up with me. What they reported terrified the people. But I followed the LORD my God with my whole heart.9So on that day Moses made a promise to me. He said, “The land you have walked on will be your share. It will be the share of your children for ever. That’s because you have followed the LORD my God with your whole heart.” (5Mo 1,36)10‘The LORD has done just as he promised. He made the promise while Israel was wandering around in the desert. That was 45 years ago. He has kept me alive all this time. So here I am today, 85 years old!11I’m still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. I’m just as able to go out to battle now as I was then.12So give me this hill country. The LORD promised it to me that day. At that time you yourself heard that the Anakites were living there. You also heard that their cities were large and had high walls around them. But I’ll drive them out, just as the LORD said I would. He will help me do it.’13Then Joshua blessed Caleb, the son of Jephunneh. He gave him Hebron as his share.14So ever since that time Hebron has belonged to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite. That’s because he followed the LORD, the God of Israel, with his whole heart.15Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. It was named after Arba. He was the greatest man among the Anakites. So the land had peace and rest.