Numbers 14:38 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land.

KJV

But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is probable that all the twelve spies stood together, for the eyes of all Israel were now upon them; and therefore it is taken notice of as very remarkable, and which could not but be affecting to the whole congregation, that when the ten evil spies fell down dead of the plague, a malignant infectious distemper, yet these two that stood among them lived, and were well.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ	vi.ho.Shu.a'	and Joshua	H3091 →
בִּן־	bin-	[the] son of	H1121 →
נ֔וּן	Nun	Nun	H5126 →
וְכָלֵ֖ב	ve.kha.Lev	and Caleb	H3612 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
יְפֻנֶּ֑ה	ye.fu.Neh	Jephunneh	H3312 →
חָיוּ֙	cha.Yu	they lived	H2421 →
מִן־	min-	of	H4480 →
הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים	ha.'a.na.Shim	the men	H582 →
הָהֵ֔ם	ha.Hem	<the> those	H1992 →
הַֽהֹלְכִ֖ים	ha.ho.le.Khim	who went	H1980 →
לָת֥וּר	la.Tur	to spy out	H8446 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:5–6
  Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.
- Romans 11:22
  Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
- Hebrews 3:17–18
  And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
- Numbers 14:28–30
  So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.
- Numbers 14:35
  I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will…