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En-rogel. 8 The boundary then passed through the valley of Ben-Hinnom,
along the southern slopes of the Jebusites, where the city of Jerusalem is
located. Then it went west to the top of the mountain above the valley of
Hinnom, and on up to the northern end of the valley of Rephaim. 9 From
there the boundary extended from the top of the mountain to the spring at
the waters of Nephtoah, and from there to the towns on Mount Ephron. Then
it turned toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim). 10 The boundary circled west
of Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the town of Kesalon on the northern
slope of Mount Jearim, and went down to Beth-shemesh and on to Timnah.
11 The boundary then proceeded to the slope of the hill north of Ekron, where
it turned toward Shikkeron and Mount Baalah. It passed Jabneel and ended at
the Mediterranean Sea.
12 The western boundary was the shoreline of the Mediterranean Sea.
These are the boundaries for the clans of the tribe of Judah.
The Land Given to Caleb
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The LORD commanded Joshua
to assign some of
Judah’s territory
to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
So Caleb was given the town of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), which had been
named after Anak’s ancestor. 14 Caleb drove out the three groups of Anakites—the
descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the sons of Anak.
15 From there he went to fight against the people living in the town of Debir
(formerly called Kiriath-sepher). 16 Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Acsah in
marriage to the one who attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher.” 17 Othniel, the son
of Caleb’s brother Kenaz, was the one who conquered it, so Acsah became Othniel’s wife.
18 When Acsah married Othniel, she urged him to ask her father for a field. As
she got down off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What’s the matter?”
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She said,
“Give me another gift.
You have already
given me land in the Negev;
now please give me springs
of water, too.”
So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.
The Towns Allotted to Judah
20 This was the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Judah.
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