13And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
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And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. …
And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it: …
And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-15)Before the lot was cast into the lap for the determining of the portions of the respective tribes, the particular portion of Caleb was assigned to him. He was now, except Joshua, not only the oldest man in all Israel, but was twenty years older than any of them, for all that were above twenty years old when he was forty were dead in the wilderness; it was fit therefore that this phoenix of his age…
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