The land in Israel itself was allocated by lot to the remaining nine and a half tribes. Quite often things are decided by lot in the Bible. The Bible seems to see no contradiction between things being apparently decided by chance and God sorting things out.
Again it is mentioned that the Levites did not receive an inheritance. They did receive towns, and they did receive food, but they operated in a different way to the others. Sometimes in our service of Christ God will provide for us in a different way to the rest of society.
Caleb gets special mention. He, along with Joshua, had given a good report of the initial exploration of the land, declaring that they could indeed conquer the land. Moses declared that despite the unfaithfulness of others, he would indeed receive an inheritance in the land. The Lord kept Caleb in good health all these years. Think how differently he could have acted. Caleb could have become bitter, he could have been resentful at the effect of others failings on himself and his family. He could have gone off in huff. Instead he stayed faithful to the Lord and relied upon the Lord providing for him. We need to do the same.
Most importantly Caleb's faith remained as strong as ever. He asked for the land that God had promised him, and he knew that God would enable him to drive out the Anakites. We need the faith of Caleb.
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