Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the Lord

Joshua 14:1-15

Now these are the areas the Israelites received as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel allotted to them. Their inheritances were assigned by lot to the nine and a half tribes, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him,...So on that day Moses swore to me, ‘The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance and that of your children forever, because you have followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly. (Deuteronomy 1:36)

Now give me this hill country that the Lord promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the Lord helping me, I will drive them out just as he said.

Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance. So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the Lord, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly.

I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I’m just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then.

Concerning the dividing of the land west of Jordan among the remaining nine and a half tribes. The inheritance of each tribe is decided by lot, by the high priest.

Caleb claims Hebron. Forty-five years after the spy episode Caleb remains a man of unwavering faith. Deuteronomy 10:21. There are still Anankim survivors to deal with. Hebron became Levite property, but Valen retained the surrounding land and villages.

Why?

It is a tough matter to divide the land for an inheritance to nine and half tribes. By lot to the nine and a half tribes to assign their inheritance in the land of Canaan, is the fair and best way. The lot is in hands of the Lord.

After 45 years later Caleb and Joshua are the only two spy followed the Lord wholeheartedly, so he asked the land that the Lord has promised him. And there were Anakites there, he has faith to defeat them, he is still vigorous to go out to battle as he was.

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應許的實現：一些利未人留在約旦河東的城邑。

約書亞和迦勒因為別人的不順服，以致跟著受苦，而且沒有怨言，沒有忘記神的應許。神也賜福他們，經過45年，身體依然健壯，可以享受神所應許的福，而不是因為年紀老邁，看的到，卻無法享受。專心跟隨主本身就是恩典與祝福，所以跟隨主的人先嘗到恩典。

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How?

How great the Caleb faith, even his promised land Anakites were there, he believed he may get the promised land God gives him through Moses. He followed the Lord wholeheartedly.