1445 BC · AM 2559 · Conquest and Judges

Caleb receives Hebron as his inheritance

Caleb reminded Joshua that he had followed the LORD wholeheartedly when the land was spied out. At eighty-five he remained strong for battle, and Joshua blessed him and gave him Hebron (Joshua 14:6-15), forty-five years after the spies.

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📖 Joshua 14:6–8

6Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me. 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 back to him an honest report. 8Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.

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