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Joshua 14:6

in Joshua 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 you and me.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then the children of Judah drew nigh unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that Jehovah spake unto Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning thee in Kadesh-barnea.

KJV

Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh–barnea.

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This verse in Joshua 14

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Ambrose of Milan

On the Duties of the Clergy 3.8.55-56 · Written before 397.

However, he [the Lord] said they should not come to that land which they had refused, as a penalty for their unbelief; but their children and wives, who had not murmured, and who, owing to their sex and age, were guiltless, should receive the promised inheritance of that land. So the bodies of those of twenty years old and upwards fell in the desert. The punishment of the rest was put aside. But they who had gone up with Joshua, and had thought fit to dissuade the people, died without delay of a great plague.

This site's exposition

Then the children of Judah came

on Joshua 14:6-7

Caleb comes before the lot is cast, because he is not asking for a share of what the lot will assign. He calls Moses the man of God, a title the King James floor first gives him at Deuteronomy 33:1, after the whole Pentateuch has gone by without it, and this verse is the next place it is said of him. His summary of his own report at Kadesh is that he brought word as it was in mine heart, which claims sincerity rather than accuracy, and Numbers 13:30 records what he actually said.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

In Gilgal - Where the division of the land was designed and begun, though it was executed and finished at Shiloh. The Kenezite - Of the posterity of Kenaz. The Lord said - In general, the promise he made us of possessing this land; and for my part, that which is expressed here, ver. 9.

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Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal,....

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite - In the note on the parallel place, Num 32:12, it is said Kenaz was probably the father of Jephunneh, and that Jephunneh not Caleb, was the Kenezite; but still, allowing this to be perfectly correct, Caleb might also be called the Kenezite, as it appears to have been a family name, for Othniel, his nephew and son-in-law, is called the son of Kenaz, Jos 15:17; Jdg 1:13, and 1Ch 4:13; and a grandson of Caleb is also called the son of Kenaz, 1Ch 4:

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

The claim of Caleb to the mountains of Hebron as his personal and family possessions was founded on a solemn promise of Moses, forty-five years before (Nu 14:24;

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The children of Judah - No doubt, in particular, the kinsmen of Caleb, and perhaps other leading men of the tribe. These came before Joshua, with Caleb, in order to make it manifest that they supported his claim, to be secured in the possessions promised him by Moses before the general allotment should be made to the tribes (compare the marginal references).

The words behind it

29 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיִּגְּשׁ֨וּand they approached

    vaiyigeshuH5066 →125 times

  • בְנֵֽי־[the] descendants of

    venei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יְהוּדָ֤הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙Joshua

    yehoshua'H3091 →218 times

  • בַּגִּלְגָּ֔לat <the> Gilgal

    bagilgalH1537 →41 times

  • וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אֵלָ֔יוto him

    ʾelavH413 →5510 times

  • כָּלֵ֥בCaleb

    kalevH3612 →35 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • יְפֻנֶּ֖הJephunneh

    yefunehH3312 →16 times

  • הַקְּנִזִּ֑יthe Kenizzite

    hakeniziH7074 →

  • אַתָּ֣הyou

    ʾatahH859 →1094 times

  • יָדַ֡עְתָּyou know

    yada'taH3045 →945 times

  • אֶֽת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַדָּבָר֩the word

    hadavarH1697 →1440 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • דִּבֶּ֨רhe spoke

    diberH1696 →1141 times

  • יְהוָ֜הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֣הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • אִישׁ־[the] man of

    ʾish-H376 →1663 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 times

  • עַ֧לon

    ʾalH5921 →5755 times

  • אֹדוֹתַ֛יcauses my

    ʾodotaiH182 →

  • וְעַ֥לand on

    vealH5921 →5755 times

  • אֹדוֹתֶ֖יךָcauses your

    ʾodoteikhaH182 →

  • בְּקָדֵ֥שׁat Kadesh

    bekadeshH6947 →20 times

  • בַּרְנֵֽעַ׃Barnea

    barnea'H6947 →20 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Numbers 14:30Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.8 worksNumbers 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.7 worksNumbers 13:6from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;7 worksJoshua 14:14Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.5 worksNumbers 14:6Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes5 works2 Peter 1:21For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.5 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Deuteronomy 33:1This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.5 worksNumbers 32:12not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’4 worksJoshua 15:17So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.4 worksNumbers 13:26and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.4 worksJudges 13:6So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.4 worksDeuteronomy 1:36–38except 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.”3 worksPsalms 90:1Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.3 worksJeremiah 35:4and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.3 works2 Kings 8:11Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.2 works2 Kings 4:42Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.2 worksDeuteronomy 34:10Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—2 works2 Kings 8:7Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 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.

    it leads to

    • 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 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

    • 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,…

    • Deuteronomy 1:36

      except 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.”

    • Acts 11:23

      When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

  • Through

    Numbers 13:6

    from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

    it leads to

    • Numbers 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!”

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 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 14:6

      Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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Who and where

5 names in this verse with a page on the site.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy 3.8.55-56; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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