Numbers 14:6
4 So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
7 and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land.
8 If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.
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
- Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
- KJV
- And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
- WEB
- Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes.
- ASV
- And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes:
- DARBY
- And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of them that searched out the land, rent their garments.
- BLB
- And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, [who were] among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes,
- ÅB
- Og Josva, Nuns sønn, og Kaleb, Jefunnes sønn, som var blant dem som hadde utspeidet landet, sønderrev sine klær
- OTB
- Josva, Nuns sønn, og Kaleb, Jefunnes sønn, som var blant dem som hadde utforsket landet, rev i stykker klærne sine;
- B1930
- Og Josva, Nuns sønn, og Kaleb, Jefunnes sønn, som var blandt dem som hadde utspeidet landet, sønderrev sine klær
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 14:30
Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
Read in contextNumbers 13:30
Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”
Read in contextNumbers 13:6
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
Read in contextNumbers 14:38
Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.
Read in contextNumbers 13:8
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
Read in contextGenesis 37:34
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
Read in contextGenesis 37:29
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
Read in contextMatthew 26:65
At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.
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