5 Just as the Lord had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did, and they divided the land.
6 And so, the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal. And Caleb, the son of Jephone, the Kenizzite, spoke to him: 'You know what the Lord said to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh-barnea, about me and you.
7 I was forty years old when Moses, the servant of the Lord, sent me from Kadesh-barnea, so that I might consider the land. And I reported to him what seemed to me to be true.
8 But my brothers, who had ascended with me, broke the heart of the people. And I nevertheless followed the Lord my God.
9 And Moses swore, on that day, saying: 'The land that your foot has tread upon shall be your possession, and that of your sons, unto eternity. For you have followed the Lord my God.'
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