38 (A)But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, of the men who went to spy out the land.

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Caleb Inherits Hebron

Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the (A)Kenizzite said to him: “You know (B)the word which the Lord said to Moses the man of God concerning (C)you and me in Kadesh Barnea. I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord (D)sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back word to him as it was in my heart. Nevertheless (E)my brethren who went up with me made the [a]heart of the people melt, but I wholly (F)followed the Lord my God. So Moses swore on that day, saying, (G)‘Surely the land (H)where your foot has trodden shall be your inheritance and your children’s forever, because you have wholly followed the Lord my God.’ 10 And now, behold, the Lord has kept me (I)alive, (J)as He said, these forty-five years, ever since the Lord spoke this word to Moses while Israel [b]wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this day, eighty-five years old.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 14:8 courage of the people fail
  2. Joshua 14:10 Lit. walked

65 For the Lord had said of them, “They (A)shall surely die in the wilderness.” So there was not left a man of them, (B)except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

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