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Numbers 13:6
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
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Joshua 14:6-14
The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him,“ You know what the LORD said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea.I was forty years old when Moses, the LORD’s servant, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy on the land and I brought back to him an honest report.My countrymen who accompanied me frightened the people, but I remained loyal to the LORD my God.That day Moses made this solemn promise:‘ Surely the land on which you walked will belong to you and your descendants permanently, for you remained loyal to the LORD your God.’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.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.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. But, assuming the LORD is with me, I will conquer them, as the LORD promised.”Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron.So Hebron remains the assigned land of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this very day because he remained loyal to the LORD God of Israel.
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Numbers 14:24
Only my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit and has followed me fully– I will bring him into the land where he had gone, and his descendants will possess it.
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Joshua 15:13-20
Caleb son of Jephunneh was assigned Kiriath Arba( that is Hebron) within the tribe of Judah, according to the LORD’s instructions to Joshua.( Arba was the father of Anak.)Caleb drove out from there three Anakites– Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.From there he attacked the people of Debir.( Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)Caleb said,“ To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Acsah as a wife.”When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, captured it, Caleb gave Acsah his daughter to him as a wife.One time Acsah came and charmed her father so that she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her,“ What would you like?”She answered,“ Please give me a special present. Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water. So he gave her both upper and lower springs.This is the land assigned to the tribe of Judah by its clans:
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Numbers 14:30
You will by no means enter into the land where I swore to settle you. The only exceptions are Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
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Numbers 14:6-10
And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of those who had investigated the land, tore their garments.They said to the whole community of the Israelites,“ The land we passed through to investigate is an exceedingly good land.If the LORD delights in us, then he will bring us into this land and give it to us– a land that is flowing with milk and honey.Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection has turned aside from them, but the LORD is with us. Do not fear them!”However, the whole community threatened to stone them. But the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the tent of meeting.
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Judges 1:12-14
Caleb said,“ To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Acsah as a wife.”When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it, Caleb gave him his daughter Acsah as a wife.One time Acsah came and charmed her father so she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her,“ What would you like?”
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Numbers 13:30
Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses, saying,“ Let us go up and occupy it, for we are well able to conquer it.”