The inheritance of the tribe of Judah

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The tribe of Judah was the first tribe to receive an inheritance in the land of Canaan. Their territory stretched from the southern wilderness to the north, from the Salt Sea (the Dead Sea) to the Great Sea (the Mediterranean Sea), a vast and expansive domain. Caleb’s nephew Othniel bravely captured the city of Debir, and Caleb gave his daughter Achsah to him as a wife. Achsah wisely asked her father Caleb for the upper and lower springs as an extra blessing, and Caleb readily agreed. The tribe of Judah received many towns and villages, from the southern wilderness to the coastal plain, everywhere the abundant inheritance bestowed by God, testifying to God’s generous blessing upon this tribe.