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And these are the countries which the children of Israelinherited 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.
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By lot was their inheritance, as the LORDcommanded by the hand of Moses, for the ninetribes, and for the halftribe.
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For Moses had given the inheritance of twotribes and an halftribe on the other sideJordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritanceamong them.
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For the children of Joseph were twotribes,Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
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As the LORDcommandedMoses, so the children of Israeldid , and they divided the land.
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Then the children of Judahcame unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezitesaid unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORDsaid unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.
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Fortyyearsold was I when Moses the servant of the LORDsent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him wordagain as it was in mine heart.
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Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the peoplemelt : but I whollyfollowed the LORD my God.
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And Mosessware on that day,saying , Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children'sforever, because thou hast whollyfollowed the LORD my God.