2. their heritage by lot, as the Lord had commanded through Moses concerning the remaining nine and a half tribes.
3. To two and a half tribes Moses had already given a heritage beyond the Jordan; to the Levites he had given no heritage among them:
4. the descendants of Joseph formed two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. But the Levites were given no share of the land except cities to live in, with their pasture lands for the herds and flocks.
5. As the Lord had commanded Moses, so the Israelites did: they apportioned the land.
6. When the Judahites approached Joshua in Gilgal, the Kenizzite Caleb, son of Jephunneh, said to him: “You know the word the Lord spoke to Moses, the man of God, concerning you and concerning me in Kadesh-barnea.
7. I was forty years old when Moses, the servant of the Lord, sent me from Kadesh-barnea to reconnoiter the land; and I brought back to him a frank report.
8. My fellow scouts who went up with me made the people’s confidence melt away, but I was completely loyal to the Lord, my God.