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Joshua 15:18

Joshua 15:18 is verse 18 of Joshua chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”

Hebrew and some LXX manuscripts; other LXX manuscripts and he urged her; see Judges 1:14.

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King James Version

And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?

World English Bible

When she came, she had him ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey, and Caleb said, “What do you want?”

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Joshua 15:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”

17 So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.

18 One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”

19 “Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.

20 This is the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Judah.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 24:64

And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel

1 Samuel 25:23

When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.

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