Then the children of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh-barnea.
It is a gross error to attribute Caleb's actions here to greed or avarice on his part.  "He later willingly yielded his city to the Levites and lived in the suburbs  (Joshua 21:12)."[17]