Numbers 32:12
except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the LORD wholeheartedly.’
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- Deut 1:36 : 36 The exception is Caleb son of Jephunneh; he will see it and I will give him and his descendants the territory on which he has walked, because he has wholeheartedly followed me.”
- Num 14:24 : 24 Only my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit and has followed me fully– I will bring him into the land where he had gone, and his descendants will possess it.
- Num 14:30 : 30 You will by no means enter into the land where I swore to settle you. The only exceptions are Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
- Josh 14:8-9 : 8 My countrymen who accompanied me frightened the people, but I remained loyal to the LORD my God. 9 That day Moses made this solemn promise:‘Surely the land on which you walked will belong to you and your descendants permanently, for you remained loyal to the LORD your God.’
- Num 26:65 : 65 For the LORD had said of them,“They will surely die in the wilderness.” And there was not left a single man of them, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
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- Deut 1:35-384 verses89%
35“Not a single person of this evil generation will see the good land that I promised to give to your ancestors!
36The exception is Caleb son of Jephunneh; he will see it and I will give him and his descendants the territory on which he has walked, because he has wholeheartedly followed me.”
37As for me, the LORD was also angry with me on your account. He said,“You also will not be able to go there.
38However, Joshua son of Nun, your assistant, will go. Encourage him, because he will enable Israel to inherit the land.
- Num 26:64-652 verses84%
64But there was not a man among these who had been among those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the Israelites in the desert of Sinai.
65For the LORD had said of them,“They will surely die in the wilderness.” And there was not left a single man of them, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
- Num 32:10-112 verses83%
10So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and he swore,
11‘Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years old and upward who came from Egypt will see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
- Num 14:22-254 verses80%
22For all the people have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have tempted me now these ten times, and have not obeyed me,
23they will by no means see the land that I swore to their fathers, nor will any of them who despised me see it.
24Only my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit and has followed me fully– I will bring him into the land where he had gone, and his descendants will possess it.
25(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites were living in the valleys.) Tomorrow, turn and journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.”
- Num 14:29-313 verses80%
29Your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness– all those of you who were numbered, according to your full number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me.
30You will by no means enter into the land where I swore to settle you. The only exceptions are Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
31But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war, and they will enjoy the land that you have despised.
- Num 14:37-382 verses79%
37those men who produced the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
38But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among the men who went to investigate the land, lived.
- Josh 14:12-143 verses79%
12Now, assign me this hill country which the LORD promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. But, assuming the LORD is with me, I will conquer them, as the LORD promised.”
13Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron.
14So Hebron remains the assigned land of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this very day because he remained loyal to the LORD God of Israel.
- Josh 14:6-94 verses76%
6The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him,“You know what the LORD said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea.
7I was forty years old when Moses, the LORD’s servant, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy on the land and I brought back to him an honest report.
8My countrymen who accompanied me frightened the people, but I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
9That day Moses made this solemn promise:‘Surely the land on which you walked will belong to you and your descendants permanently, for you remained loyal to the LORD your God.’
- Num 14:6-72 verses73%
6And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of those who had investigated the land, tore their garments.
7They said to the whole community of the Israelites,“The land we passed through to investigate is an exceedingly good land.
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19These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
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6from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
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13So the LORD’s anger was kindled against the Israelites, and he made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until all that generation that had done wickedly before the LORD was finished.
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6Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the wilderness until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the LORD, died off. For the LORD had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn by oath to their ancestors to give them, a land rich in milk and honey.
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20Caleb received Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites.
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30Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses, saying,“Let us go up and occupy it, for we are well able to conquer it.”
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14Now the length of time it took for us to go from Kadesh Barnea to the crossing of Wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, time for all the military men of that generation to die, just as the LORD had vowed to them.
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2and told them:“You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the LORD’s servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you.
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7The people worshiped the LORD throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed all the great things the LORD had done for Israel.
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17Just as we obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. But may the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses!
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12(Now the city’s fields and surrounding towns they had assigned to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.)
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28So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes.
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23and the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun,“Be strong and courageous, for you will take the Israelites to the land I have promised them, and I will be with you.”
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14Caleb drove out from there three Anakites– Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.
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7Then Moses called out to Joshua in the presence of all Israel,“Be strong and courageous, for you will accompany these people to the land that the LORD promised to give their ancestors, and you will enable them to inherit it.
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56(But the city’s land and nearby towns were allotted to Caleb son of Jephunneh.)
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28Joshua son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his choice young men, said,“My lord Moses, stop them!”
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15Moses the LORD’s servant passed on the LORD’s commands to Joshua, and Joshua did as he was told. He did not ignore any of the commands the LORD had given Moses.