Israel's division and apportioning of the Land of Canaan began
"Now behold, the LORD has let me live, just as He spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; and now behold, I am EIGHTY-FIVE YEARS old today." (JOS 14:10) Now the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families reached the border of Edom, southward to the wilderness of Zin at the extreme south. (JOS 15:1)