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Numbers 13:6

in Numbers 13

from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

KJV

Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

This verse in Numbers 13

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori

on Numbers 13:5-10

Caleb at verse 6 and Hoshea at verse 8 are named with nothing to set them apart from the ten. Matthew Henry suggests the roll is kept for the sake of the two good men in it.

This site's exposition

Caleb son of Jephunneh

Caleb stands for Judah, and Numbers 32:12 and Joshua 14:6 call him the Kenizzite. Joshua 15:13 gives him Hebron as his portion among the people of Judah, the city he came to on this errand at verse 22. Calvin sets him and Joshua apart from the ten.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. See Gill on Num 13:4.

The words behind it

5 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.

  • לְמַטֵּ֣הfor [the] tribe of

    lematehH4294 →252 times

  • יְהוּדָ֔הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • כָּלֵ֖בCaleb

    kalevH3612 →35 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • יְפֻנֶּֽה׃Jephunneh

    yefunehH3312 →16 times

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

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 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!”

    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 14:6–9

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

  • Through

    Numbers 34:19

    These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;

    it leads to

    • Numbers 26:65

      For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    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

    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.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 14:38

      Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

This page draws on John Calvin, Commentaries; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.