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So Moses promised on that day, ‘For sure the land where your foot has stepped will be a gift to you and your children forever. Because you have followed the Lord my God with all your heart.'

So Joshua prayed that God would favor him. And he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his share.

Hebron became the land of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day. Because he followed the Lord God of Israel with all his heart.

So Joshua said to the people of Israel, "How long will you wait before going in to take the land the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?

You will write down how the land should be divided into seven parts, then bring it to me. I will draw names for you here before the Lord our God.

You have not left your brothers alone even to this day. But you have been careful to do what the Lord your God has told you.

Now the Lord your God has given rest to your brothers, as He promised them. So go now. Return to your homes in your own land, which the Lord's servant Moses gave you on the other side of the Jordan.

Only be very careful to obey the Law which the Lord's servant Moses told you. Love the Lord your God. Walk in all His ways. Obey His Laws. Stay close to Him, and work for Him with all your heart and soul."

"All the people of the Lord say, ‘What sin is this that you have done against the God of Israel? You have turned away from following the Lord this day, by building yourselves an altar. Today you have gone against the Lord.

Now if the land you have been given is unclean, cross over into the Lord's land. There stands the meeting tent of the Lord. Take land for yourselves among us. But do not go against the Lord, or against us, by building an altar other than the altar of the Lord our God.

"The Powerful One, the Lord, the Powerful One, God, the Lord! He knows! And may Israel itself know! If it was going against the Lord and not being faithful to Him, do not save us this day!

We have done this because we were afraid that in time to come your children might say to our children, ‘What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?

Never let it be said that we went against the Lord and turned away from following the Lord this day by building an altar. It is not for burnt gifts or grain gifts or killing animals in worship. It is not to be used instead of the altar of the Lord our God before His meeting tent."

The news pleased the people of Israel, and they gave thanks to God. They said no more about going against them in war, to destroy the land where the people of Reuben and Gad were living.

The people of Reuben and Gad said, "This altar shows the agreement between us that the Lord is God."

And you have seen all the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you. The Lord your God is the One Who has fought for you.

The Lord your God will send them out from in front of you. He will send them away from you. Then their land will be yours, just as the Lord your God promised you.

But hold on to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.

One of your men makes a thousand run away. For the Lord your God is the One Who fights for you, just as He promised you.

Be very careful to love the Lord your God.