Numbers 32:12 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 32:12

not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed Jehovah.

KJV

Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite - It was Jephunneh that was the Kenezite, and not Caleb. Kenaz was probably the father of Jephunneh.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Whether they had really meditated such a withdrawal from all share in the war of invasion, or the effect of their leader's expostulation was to drive them from their original purpose, they now, in answer to his impressive appeal, declared it to be their sincere intention to co-operate with their brethren; but, if so, they ought to have been more explicit at first.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בִּלְתִּ֞י	bil.Ti	except	H1115 →
כָּלֵ֤ב	ka.Lev	Caleb	H3612 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
יְפֻנֶּה֙	ye.fu.Neh	Jephunneh	H3312 →
הַקְּנִזִּ֔י	ha.ke.ni.Zi	the Kenizzite	H7074 →
וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ	vi.ho.Shu.a'	and Joshua	H3091 →
בִּן־	bin-	[the] son of	H1121 →
נ֑וּן	Nun	Nun	H5126 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
מִלְא֖וּ	mil.'U	they have filled	H4390 →
אַחֲרֵ֥י	'a.cha.Rei	after	H310 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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The walk

The walk8

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 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.
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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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.”
- Ephesians 6:6
  And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.
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
- 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 independent paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 10:5–6
  Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.
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.
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 independent paths from here.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Numbers

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Numbers