John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 14:9
And Moses sware on that day, saying ,.... Or declared the oath of the Lord, for it was the Lord that sware to what follows; see Deuteronomy 1:34 , surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever : not the whole land of Canaan, nor all the parts of it Caleb travelled through, but particularly Hebron; which though not expressly mentioned in the aforesaid oath, yet was understood and known to be the meaning of it, and which Joshua by... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 14:6-15
Before the lot was cast into the lap for the determining of the portions of the respective tribes, the particular portion of Caleb was assigned to him. He was now, except Joshua, not only the oldest man in all Israel, but was twenty years older than any of them, for all that were above twenty years old when he was forty were dead in the wilderness; it was fit therefore that this phoenix of his age should have some particular marks of honour put upon him in the dividing of the land. Now, I.... read more