Joshua 15:20

20 This is the possession of the lineage of the sons of Judah, by their families.

Joshua 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.

Joshua 15:20 In-Context

18 And when she went together (with him), her husband counselled her, that she should ask of her father a field (that she should ask for a field from her father); and (so) she sighed, as she sat upon the ass; and Caleb said to her, What hast thou in thy mind?

19 And she answered, Give thou a blessing to me; thou hast given to me the south land and dry (thou hast given me the dry south land); join thou also thereto a moist land. And (so) Caleb gave to her the moist land, above and beneath.

20 This is the possession of the lineage of the sons of Judah, by their families.

21 And the cities from the last parts of the sons of Judah, beside the terms of Edom (beside the border with Edom), from the south were these cities; Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,

22 Kinah, and Dimonah, Adadah,