The Division of the Territory West of the Jordan
1 What follows is an account of how the land of Canaan west of the Jordan was divided among the people of Israel. Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders of the families of the Israelite tribes divided it among the population. 2 As the Lord had commanded Moses, the territories of the nine and one-half tribes west of the Jordan were determined by drawing lots. 3-4 Moses had already assigned the land east of the Jordan to the other two and one-half tribes. (The descendants of Joseph were divided into two tribes: Manasseh and Ephraim.) However, Moses gave the Levites no portion of the territory. Instead, they received cities to live in, with fields for their cattle and flocks. 5 The people of Israel divided the land as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Hebron Is Given to Caleb
6 One day some people from the tribe of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. One of them, Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, said to him, “You know what the Lord said in Kadesh Barnea about you and me to Moses, the man of God. 7 I was forty years old when the Lord's servant Moses sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out this land. I brought an honest report back to him. 8 The men who went with me, however, made our people afraid. But I faithfully obeyed the Lord my God. 9 Because I did, Moses promised me that my children and I would certainly receive as our possession the land which I walked over. 10 But now, look. It has been forty-five years since the Lord said that to Moses. That was when Israel was going through the desert, and the Lord, as he promised, has kept me alive ever since. Look at me! I am eighty-five years old 11 and am just as strong today as I was when Moses sent me out. I am still strong enough for war or for anything else. 12 Now then, give me the hill country that the Lord promised me on that day when my men and I reported. We told you then that the race of giants called the Anakim were there in large walled cities. Maybe the Lord will be with me, and I will drive them out, just as the Lord said.”
13 Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him the city of Hebron as his possession. 14 Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, because he faithfully obeyed the Lord, the God of Israel. 15 Before this, Hebron was called the city of Arba. (Arba had been the greatest of the Anakim.)
There was now peace in the land.
1 Un šie ir tie apgabali, kurus Israēla bērni sev iemantoja īpašumā Kānaāna zemē un kurus viņiem piešķīra priesteris Ēleāzars un Jozua, Nūna dēls, un Israēla bērnu cilšu galvenie. 2 Un viņi to zemi iemantoja, meslus metot, kā Tas Kungs caur Mozu to bija pavēlējis dot deviņām ciltīm un pusciltij, 3 jo tām divām ciltīm un pusciltij Mozus bija devis īpašumus viņpus Jordānai, bet levītiem viņš nebija devis nekādu īpašumu starp tiem. 4 Jo Jāzepa bērni dalījās divās ciltīs: Manases un Ēfraima; bet levītiem netika dota nekāda īpašuma daļa tai zemē, vienīgi pilsētas dzīvošanai un ganības viņu ganāmpulkiem un viņu lopiem. 5 Kā Tas Kungs bija Mozum pavēlējis, tā Israēla bērni darīja, zemi dalot. 6 Tad Jūdas bērni piegāja pie Jozuas Gilgalā, un Kālebs, Jefunnas dēls, šis kenizietis, sacīja Jozuam: "Tu zini pats to vārdu, ko Tas Kungs Mozum, šim Dieva vīram, teica par mani un par tevi pie Kadeš-Barneas. 7 Man bija četrdesmit gadi, kad Mozus, Tā Kunga kalps, mani sūtīja no Kadeš-Barneas šo zemi te izlūkot, un es viņam atbildēju pēc labākās sirdsapziņas. 8 Bet mani brāļi, kas bija man līdzi gājuši, tie darīja tautas sirdi bailīgu; es tomēr pilnīgi sekoju Tam Kungam, savam Dievam. 9 Tai dienā Mozus zvērēja, sacīdams: patiesi, tā zeme, kuru tu esi savām kājām minis, tā lai paliek tev un taviem bērniem kā īpašums uz mūžīgiem laikiem, jo tu esi pilnīgi klausījis Tam Kungam, manam Dievam. 10 Un tu tagad redzi: Tas Kungs ir manu dzīvību uzturējis, kā Viņš man bija apsolījis; un ir pagājuši četrdesmit pieci gadi no tā laika, kad Tas Kungs šo vārdu sacīja Mozum un Israēls gāja pa tuksnesi; un nu, redzi, es šodien esmu astoņdesmit piecus gadus vecs. 11 Es vēl šodien esmu tik stiprs kā toreiz, kad Mozus mani izsūtīja; kāds mans spēks bija toreiz, tāds spēks arī tagad: vai eju karā, vai izejot vai atnākot. 12 Un tagad dod man šo kalnu zemi, par kuru Tas Kungs toreiz runāja, jo tu to arī tanī dienā dzirdēji, ka tur dzīvojot anakieši un ka tur esot lielas un nocietinātas pilsētas; varbūt Tas Kungs būs ar mani, ka es tos spēšu izdzīt, kā Tas Kungs ir apsolījis." 13 Tad Jozua viņu svētīja un deva Kālebam, Jefunnas dēlam, Hebronu īpašumā. 14 Tā Hebrona kļuva Kāleba, Jefunnas dēla, kenizieša, īpašums vēl līdz šai pašai dienai, tāpēc ka viņš bija pilnīgi sekojis Tam Kungam, Israēla Dievam. 15 Bet Hebronas vārds bija vecos laikos Kirjat-Arba, jo Arba bija lielākais vīrs anakiešu vidū. Un zemei bija miers no kariem.
