And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
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4 additional translationsAnd Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
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!”
And Caleb stilleth the people concerning Moses, and saith, `Let us certainly go up--and we have possessed it; for we are thoroughly able for it.'
And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up boldly and possess it, for we are well able to do it.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNumbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.
- Author
- Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
- Date
- The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC