Yehoshua 15:20

20 This is the nachalah of the tribe of the Bnei Yehudah according to their mishpekhot.

Yehoshua 15:20 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:20

This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Judah, according to their families.
] The general description of which is given in the preceding part of the chapter, as the particular cities belonging to it are enumerated in the following part; the account of the gift of Hebron to Caleb, and the taking of Debir by Othniel, with the request of Achsah, and the grant of it, are inserted between them, and stand as it were in a parenthesis.

Yehoshua 15:20 In-Context

18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she urged him to ask of her av a sadeh; and she got off her chamor; and Kalev said unto her, What wouldest thou?

19 She answered, Give me a brocha; for thou hast given me eretz HaNegev [land in the southern desert]; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the lower springs.

20 This is the nachalah of the tribe of the Bnei Yehudah according to their mishpekhot.

21 And the towns at the extremity of the tribe of the Bnei Yehudah toward the boundary of Edom southward were Kavtze’el, and Eder, and Yagur,

22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,