JOSHUA CHAPTER 14 The land and its inheritances to be divided by lot, Joshua 14:1-5. Caleb having on his return from spying the land encouraged the people, Moses then promised him the land of Hebron, which he now claims of Joshua 14:6-12; who grants his request, Joshua 14:13-15. These, mentioned Chapter s 14-19. Eleazar the priest. see on Joshua 8:33, Joshua 9:15,18 19:51. He best understood the laws of God, by which this division was to be regulated; and he was to consult God upon any difficult occurrence. The heads of the fathers of the tribes; twelve persons, each the head of his tribe, which were appointed and named by God, Numbers 34:19; and if any of them were now dead, no doubt Joshua and Eleazar, by God's direction, put others in their stead.
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Joshua 14:1
1 And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.