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Numbers 14:38

CalebJephunnehJoshuaNun
Faithfulness and loyalty

36 So the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land—

37 those men who had brought out the bad report about the land—were struck down by a plague before the LORD.

Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.

39 And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.

40 Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.
KJV
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
WEB
But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
ASV
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land.
DARBY
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, lived still of the men that had gone to search out the land.
BLB
And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
ÅB
Bare Josva, Nuns sønn, og Kaleb, Jefunnes sønn, ble i live av de menn som var gått avsted for å utspeide landet.
OTB
Av mennene som dro for å utforske landet, var det bare Josva, Nuns sønn, og Kaleb, Jefunnes sønn, som forble i live.
B1930
Bare Josva, Nuns sønn, og Kaleb, Jefunnes sønn, blev i live av de menn som var gått avsted for å utspeide landet.

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Cross references

  • Joshua 14:6–10

    Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.

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  • Numbers 26:65

    For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

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