1. The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders.
2. The land assignments to the nine-and-a-half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the Lord had instructed Moses.
3. Now Moses had assigned land to the two-and-a-half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land to the Levites.
4. The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions.
5. The Israelites followed the Lord’s instructions to Moses and divided up the land.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. My countrymen who accompanied me frightened the people, but I remained loyal to the Lord my God.
9. 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.’