Deuteronomy 1:36
in Deuteronomy 1except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed Jehovah.
KJV
Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 1
Commentary
6 notes on this verseSave Caleb - Under whom Josh. is comprehended, though not here expressed, because he was not now to be one of the people, but to be set over them as a chief governor.
This site's exposition
And the Lord heard the voice of your words
on Deuteronomy 1:34-36
The sentence is sworn rather than merely spoken, and it falls on this evil generation, the adults numbered at Numbers 14:29. Numbers 14:30 excepts Caleb and Joshua together by name. Verse 36 excepts Caleb alone and brings Joshua in at verse 38 in a different office, so the two passages divide the same material differently and both stand. The land that he hath trodden upon is the promise Caleb claims for himself at eighty-five years old in Joshua 14:9-12, and the reason given here is that he wholly followed the LORD.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Save Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he shall see it,....
Thus they could not enter in because of unbelief. It was not the breach of any of the commands of the law that shut them out of Canaan, no, not the golden calf, but their disbelief of that promise which was typical of gospel grace, to signify that no sin will ruin us but unbelief, which is a sin against the remedy.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth--In consequence of this aggravated offense (unbelief followed by open rebellion), the Israelites were doomed, in the righteous judgment of God, to a life of wandering in that dreary wilderness till the whole adult generation had disappeared by death.
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Caleb - wholly followed the Lord - See on Num 14:24 (note).
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זֽוּלָתִ֞י | zulati | except | H2108 → | |
| כָּלֵ֤ב | kalev | Caleb | H3612 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְפֻנֶּה֙ | yefuneh | Jephunneh | H3312 → | |
| ה֣וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יִרְאֶ֔נָּה | yirenah | he will see it | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| וְלֽוֹ־ | velov- | and to him | ||
| אֶתֵּ֧ן | ʾeten | I will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאָ֛רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דָּֽרַךְ־ | darakh- | he has trodden | H1869 → | 62 times |
| בָּ֖הּ | bah | on it | ||
| וּלְבָנָ֑יו | ulevanav | and to sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יַ֕עַן | yaan | because | H3282 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| מִלֵּ֖א | mile' | he filled | H4390 → | |
| אַחֲרֵ֥י | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
זֽוּלָתִ֞יexcept
zulatiH2108 →
כָּלֵ֤בCaleb
kalevH3612 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
יְפֻנֶּה֙Jephunneh
yefunehH3312 →
ה֣וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
יִרְאֶ֔נָּהhe will see it
yirenahH7200 →1300 times
וְלֽוֹ־and to him
velov-
אֶתֵּ֧ןI will give
ʾetenH5414 →2011 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאָ֛רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
דָּֽרַךְ־he has trodden
darakh-H1869 →62 times
בָּ֖הּon it
bah
וּלְבָנָ֑יוand to sons his
ulevanavH1121 →4930 times
יַ֕עַןbecause
yaanH3282 →
אֲשֶׁ֥רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
מִלֵּ֖אhe filled
mile'H4390 →
אַחֲרֵ֥יafter
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 13:30Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”
it leads to
- Numbers 14:24
But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- Psalms 60:12
With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
- Numbers 14:24
Through
Numbers 14:24But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
it leads to
- Numbers 14:6–9
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 14:6–14
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…
- Numbers 32:11–12
‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac,…
- Numbers 14:6–9
Through
Numbers 13:6from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
it leads to
- 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 14:30
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
