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Joshua 14 · Grade 5

Wholehearted to the End

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Joshua 14 introduces the division of Canaan by lot, as Yahweh commanded by Moses, for the nine and a half tribes. Levi receives cities, not a territory, and Joseph counts as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. Then, before Judah's lot is described, Caleb approaches Joshua at Gilgal with a claim based on a promise.

Caleb reminds Joshua of Kadesh Barnea forty-five years earlier. The other spies made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Yahweh my God, Caleb says. Moses swore that the land where you walked shall be an inheritance to you and to your children forever. Caleb had waited through the whole wilderness journey, outliving a faithless generation.

Now Caleb says, As yet I am as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me. He asks for the very hill country that frightened the spies, where the Anakim lived. His confidence is in God, not himself: It may be that Yahweh will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as Yahweh said. Joshua blesses him and gives him Hebron. The chapter gives the reason plainly: Hebron became Caleb's because he followed Yahweh, the God of Israel wholeheartedly. Then the land had rest from war.

Show What You Know

  1. How does Levi's share differ from other tribes?

  2. Why does Joseph count as two tribes?

  3. How long had Caleb waited for the promise?

  4. What does Caleb say about his strength?

  5. Why did Hebron become Caleb's?

Crossword

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Across

  1. He wholly followed Yahweh.
  2. I was ____ years old when Moses the servant of Yahweh sent me

Down

  1. The city Joshua gave Caleb.
  2. Giants who lived in the hill country.
  3. As yet I am as ____ today as I was in the day that Moses sent me.

Think About It

  1. Caleb waited forty-five years for God's promise. What helps you keep trusting when God's timing feels slow?

  2. Where might God be inviting you to take on a hard task in His strength?

Memory Verse

“Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he followed Yahweh, the God of Israel wholeheartedly.”

Joshua 14:14 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for keeping me strong. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can being honest now shape your whole life?
  • What would it look like to follow God with all your heart for a lifetime?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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