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Joshua 13:1-19:51

Give Me This Mountain

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Give Me This Mountain

Joshua 13:1-19:51

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This song belongs to the Joshua collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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Joshua
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Joshua
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World Music
[Verse 1] Joshua had grown older, yet much land remained to share, Lots would mark inheritance beneath Eleazar's care. Eastern tribes already held the country past the river, Levi had no field for portion, for the LORD remained their treasure. [Pre-Chorus] Then Caleb stood before him, Eighty-five and strong as on the spying day. [Chorus] Give me this mountain where the Anakim remain, The word that God spoke through Moses has not weakened with my age. I wholly followed then, I wholly follow still, If the LORD is with me, I will drive them from the hill. [Verse 2] Joshua blessed Caleb and gave Hebron for his own, Three sons of Anak left the mountain under faith that had not cooled. Othniel captured Debir, Achsah asked for springs, Upper and lower waters joined the inheritance. [Bridge] Judah, Joseph, Benjamin and every tribe received their border, Surveyors crossed the country while the tabernacle stood at Shiloh. Seven lots completed what remained before the LORD, Then Joshua received Timnath-serah after all the people. [Final Chorus] Give me this mountain where the Anakim remain, The word that God spoke through Moses has not weakened with my age. I wholly followed then, I wholly follow still, If the LORD is with me, I will drive them from the hill. [Outro] The oldest warrior asked for battle, And the land was divided.

Named in this songJoshuaCalebMosesHebronTabernacleShiloh

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Joshua 13: Much land remains, and Joshua will not live forever

Joshua is old, and much land still remains to be possessed. The next phase of the book begins by holding those facts together rather than hiding either one. Joshua must distribute territory that still contains peoples Israel has not expelled, because allotment cannot wait for his life or the conquest to become complete. The chapter then reviews the eastern inheritance already granted by Moses to Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh, including explicit notices that some peoples remain there too. The tribal lists turn former kingdoms into family possessions through boundaries, cities, and villages, while even Balaam's death enters the land record as a reminder of the conflict behind possession. Levi repeatedly interrupts the geography with a different kind of inheritance, tied first to sacrificial provision and finally to the LORD himself. Israel's inheritance is therefore neither perfectly occupied nor perfectly uniform. It is allocated under promise while unfinished work and differing tribal roles remain visible.

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Joshua 14: Caleb asks for the difficult ground

The western allotments begin under shared authority: Eleazar, Joshua, and the heads of the tribal families administer land by lot under commands given through Moses. Into that orderly process Caleb brings a promise forty-five years old. Joshua knows the claim because he shared the original reconnaissance from Kadesh-barnea. Caleb recalls the report that melted Israel's heart, Moses' oath, and the verdict that he wholly followed the LORD. Now eighty-five, he does not ask for an easy parcel. He requests the hill country associated with Anakim and fortified cities, insisting that his strength remains while still making success depend upon the LORD's presence. Joshua grants Hebron, and the Book of Joshua itself repeats the reason: Caleb wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. The chapter closes with rest from major war, even though the next chapter will show that receiving an inheritance and fully occupying it are not the same event.

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Joshua 15: Judah's boundaries, Achsah's springs, and Jerusalem's holdout

Judah's inheritance is drawn in remarkable geographic detail, with borders moving through seas, valleys, springs, hills, towns, and wilderness rather than forming a simple block. Inside that survey, Caleb's household gives the land a human scale. Anakim are driven from Hebron, Othniel takes Debir, and Achsah asks for springs because a southern field without water is an incomplete gift. The chapter then returns to long settlement lists, including a difficult numerical total in the southern group and many places previously known from battle accounts. Cities such as Lachish and Makkedah are now names in an inheritance, not merely objectives in a campaign. Yet the register also includes districts still not fully possessed. The final verse makes that limit impossible to miss: Judah cannot drive the Jebusites from Jerusalem. A vast allotment can be precisely described while its actual occupation remains unfinished.

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