Joshua 14:9-14

14:9 That day Moses made this solemn promise: ¹  ‘Surely the land on which you walked ²  will belong to you and your descendants permanently, ³  for you remained loyal to the Lord your God.’ 14:10 So now, look, the Lord has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the Lord spoke these words to Moses, during which Israel traveled through the wilderness. Now look, I am today eighty-five years old. 14:11 Today I am still as strong as when Moses sent me out. I can fight and go about my daily activities with the same energy I had then. ⁴  14:12 Now, assign me this hill country which the Lord promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. ⁵  But, assuming the Lord is with me, I will conquer ⁶  them, as the Lord promised.” 14:13 Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron. ⁷  14:14 So Hebron remains the assigned land of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this very day ⁸  because he remained loyal to the Lord God of Israel.

¹ tn Heb “swore an oath.”

² tn Heb “on which your foot has walked.”

³ tn Heb “will belong to you for an inheritance, and to your sons forever.”

⁴ tn Heb “like my strength then, like my strength now, for battle and for going out and coming in.”

⁵ tn Heb “are there and large, fortified cities.”

⁶ tn Or “will dispossess.”

⁷ tn Heb “Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.”

⁸ tn Heb “Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance to this day.”