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My countrymen[a] who accompanied[b] me frightened the people,[c] but I remained loyal to the Lord my God.[d] That day Moses made this solemn promise:[e] ‘Surely the land on which you walked[f] will belong to you and your descendants permanently,[g] for you remained loyal to the Lord your God.’ 10 So now, look, the Lord has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the Lord spoke these words to Moses, while Israel traveled through the wilderness. See here, I am today eighty-five years old!

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 14:8 tn Heb “brothers.”
  2. Joshua 14:8 tn Heb “went up with.”
  3. Joshua 14:8 tn Heb “made the heart[s] of the people melt.”
  4. Joshua 14:8 tn Heb “I filled up after the Lord my God,” an idiomatic statement meaning that Caleb remained loyal to the Lord.
  5. Joshua 14:9 tn Heb “swore an oath.”
  6. Joshua 14:9 tn Heb “on which your foot has walked.”
  7. Joshua 14:9 tn Heb “will belong to you for an inheritance, and to your sons forever.”