Caleb

Jehovah, God of Israel himself, is their inheritance, as he hath spoken to them.

Chapter 14 and these are they of the sons of israel who inherited in the land of canaan whom eleazar the priest and joshua son of nun and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of israel caused to inherit by lot is their inheritance as jehovah commanded by the hand of moses for the nine of the tribes and the half of the tribe for moses hath given the inheritance of two of the tribes and of half of the tribe beyond the jordan and to the levites he hath not given an inheritance in their midst for the sons of joseph hath been two tribes manasseh and ephraim and they have not given a portion to the levites in the land except cities to dwell in and their suburbs for their cattle and for their possessions as jehovah commanded moses so have the sons of israel done and they apportion the land And the sons of Judah come nigh unto Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite saith unto him, Thou hast known the word that Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning thee in Kadesh Barnea.

A son of forty years am I in Moses, servant of Jehovah, sending me from Kadesh Barnea.

to spy the land and i bring him back word as with my heart and my brethren who have gone up with me have caused the heart of the people to melt and i have been fully after jehovah my god and moses sweareth in that day saying if not the land on which thy foot hath trodden to thee it is for inheritance and to thy sons to the age for thou hast been fully after jehovah my god and now lo jehovah hath kept me alive as he hath spoken these forty and five years since jehovah spake this word unto moses when israel went in the wilderness and now lo i am today a son of five and eighty years yet am i today strong as in the day of moses sending me as my power then so is my power now for battle and to go out and to come in and now give to me this hill-country of which jehovah spake in that day for thou didst hear in that day for anakim are there and cities great fenced if so be jehovah is with me then i have dispossessed them as jehovah hath spoken And Joshua blesseth him, and giveth Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

Therefore hath Hebron been to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite for an inheritance unto this day, because that he was fully after Jehovah, God of Israel.

And the name of Hebron formerly is Kirjoth Arba, he is the great man among the Anakim, and the land hath rest from war.

Chapter 15 and the lot for the tribe of the sons of judah for their families is unto the border of edom the wilderness of zin southward at the extremity of the south and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea from the bay which is looking southward and it hath gone out unto the south to maale akrabim and passed over to zin and gone up on the south to kadesh barnea and passed over to hezron and gone up to adar and turned round to karka and passed over to asmon and gone out at the brook of egypt and the outgoings of the border have been at the sea this is to you the south border and the east border is the salt sea unto the extremity of the jordan and the border at the north quarter is from the bay of the sea at the extremity of the jordan and the border hath gone up to beth-hogla and passed over on the north of beth-araba and the border hath gone up to the stone of bohan son of reuben and the border hath gone up towards debir from the valley of achor and northward looking unto gilgal which is over against the ascent of adumim which is on the south of the brook and the border hath passed over unto the waters of en shemesh and its outgoings have been unto en and the border hath gone up the valley of the son of hinnom unto the side of the jebusite on the south it is jerusalem and the border hath gone up unto the top of the hill country which is on the front of the valley of hinnom westward which is in the extremity of the valley of the rephaim northward and the border hath been marked out from the top of the hill country unto the fountain of the waters of nephtoah and hath gone out unto the cities of mount ephron and the border hath been marked out to baalah it is kirjath jearim and the border hath gone round from baalah westward unto mount seir and passed over unto the side of mount jearim it is chesalon on the north and gone down to beth shemesh and passed over to timnah and the border hath gone out unto the side of ekron northward and the border hath been marked out to shikron and hath passed over to mount baala and gone out to jabniel and the outgoings of the border have been at the sea and the west border is to the great sea and its border this is the border of the sons of judah round about for their families and to caleb son of jephunneh hath he given a portion in the midst of the sons of judah according to the command of jehovah to joshua even the city of arba father of anak it is hebron and caleb is dispossessing thence the three sons of anak sheshai and ahimon and talmai children of anak and he goeth up thence unto the inhabitants of debir and the name of debir formerly is kirjoth sepher and caleb saith he who smiteth kirjaph sephar and hath captured it i have given to him axa my daughter for a wife and othniel son of kenaz brother of caleb doth capture it and he giveth to him axa his daughter for a wife and it cometh to pass in her coming in that she persuadeth him to ask from her father a field and she lighteth from off the ass and caleb saith to her what to thee and she saith give to me a blessing when the land of the south thou hast given me then thou hast given to me springs of waters and he giveth to her the upper springs and the lower springs This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah for their families.

and whose example is perhaps the most urgent and personally challenging word we can receive in this prophetic hour.

We come to the testimony of Joshua and Caleb.

Before we enter the text, we must set the prophetic context, because without it, The story of Joshua and Caleb remains simply an inspiring tale from ancient history.

But we are not here today for inspiration alone.

We are here for instruction, for transformation.

The latter reign that Hosea speaks of, that end time outpouring of God's spirit, is reserved for a people who are being perfected in love and pressing on to know the Lord.

It is reserved for people who have a different spirit.

And this is precisely what the testimony of Joshua and Caleb is all about.

Maintain the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.

If Caleb's testimony teaches us anything about practical Christian living, it is that spiritual fire must be deliberately maintained.

At 85, Caleb was still as strong.

This was not accidental.

It was the fruit of decades of deliberate disciplined spiritual engagement, prayer, meditation on the Word, worship, accountability, and active faith.

Maintain your spiritual disciplines with reinforced commitment.

Fix your eyes on the promise, not on the wilderness.

and carry Caleb's cry in your heart, when this is over, I'm going for my mountain.

The anger of the Lord burned against Israel so that he sold them into the hands of Cushan, Rishethem, king of Aram, to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years.

But when they cried out to the Lord, he raised up for them a deliverer, Othniel, son of Canaz, Caleb's younger brother, who saved them.

The spirit of the Lord came on him so that he became Israel's judge and went to war The Lord gave Cushon into the hands of Othniel, who overpowered him.

So the land had peace for 40 years until Othniel died.

God raises up Othniel, the first judge.

And Othniel, you'll notice, has a lot to commend him.

He was Caleb's younger brother.

You picked up Othniel's name in chapter 1.