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Numbers 14:38

But Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, of those who went to see the land, were not touched by disease.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Caleb;   Decision;   Holy Spirit;   Israel;   Joshua;   Judgments;   Perseverance;   Reprobacy;   Sin;   Unpardonable Sin;   Thompson Chain Reference - Caleb;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Mediator;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Numbers, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Joshua;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Caleb;   Hexateuch;   Israel;   Joshua;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Wanderings of the Israelites;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Caleb;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Caleb;   Joshua (2);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
But Yehoshua the son of Nun, and Kalev the son of Yefunneh, remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh lived from among the men who went to explore the land.
New Century Version
Only two of the men who explored the land did not die—Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh.
New English Translation
But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among the men who went to investigate the land, lived.
Amplified Bible
But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land.
New American Standard Bible
But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, of those men that went to search the land, shall liue.
Legacy Standard Bible
But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land.
Contemporary English Version
but he let Joshua and Caleb live.
Complete Jewish Bible
Of the men who went to reconnoiter the land, only Y'hoshua the son of Nun and Kalev the son of Y'funeh remained alive.
Darby Translation
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, lived still of the men that had gone to search out the land.
Easy-to-Read Version
But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh were among the men who were sent out to explore the land. They are the only ones who did not get the sickness that caused the others to die.
English Standard Version
Of those men who went to spy out the land, only Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive.
George Lamsa Translation
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jophaniah, who were of the men who went to spy out the land, still lived.
Good News Translation
Of the twelve spies only Joshua and Caleb survived.
Christian Standard Bible®
Only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men who went to scout out the land.
Literal Translation
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Iosua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb ye sonne of Iephune were left alyue, of the men that wente to spye out the lande.
American Standard Version
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But Iosuah the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephune, whiche were of the men that went to searche the lande, liued styll.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land.
King James Version (1611)
But Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, liued still.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joshua the son of Naue and Chaleb the son of Jephonne still lived of those men that went to spy out the land.
English Revised Version
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land.
Berean Standard Bible
Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli Josue, the sone of Nun, and Caleph, the sone of Jephone, lyueden, of alle men that yeden to se the lond.
Young's Literal Translation
and Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, have lived of those men who go to spy out the land.
Update Bible Version
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land.
Webster's Bible Translation
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [who were] of the men that went to search the land, lived [still].
World English Bible
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
New King James Version
But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, of the men who went to spy out the land.
New Living Translation
Of the twelve who had explored the land, only Joshua and Caleb remained alive.
New Life Bible
But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh stayed alive, of those men who went to spy out the land.
New Revised Standard
But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh alone remained alive, of those men who went to spy out the land.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh! remained alive - of those men who went to spy out the land.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But Josue the son of Nun, and Caleb had gone to view the land.
Revised Standard Version
But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephun'neh remained alive, of those men who went to spy out the land.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land.

Contextual Overview

36 And the men whom Moses sent to see the land, and who, by the bad account they gave of the land, were the cause of the outcry the people made against Moses, 37 Those same men who said evil of the land, came to their death by disease before the Lord. 38 But Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, of those who went to see the land, were not touched by disease. 39 And when Moses put these words before the children of Israel, the people were full of grief. 40 And early in the morning they got up and went to the top of the mountain, saying, We are here and we will go up to the place which the Lord said he would give us: for we have done wrong. 41 And Moses said, Why are you now acting against the Lord's order, seeing that no good will come of it? 42 Go not up, for the Lord is not with you, and you will be overcome by those who are fighting against you. 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you will be put to death by their swords: because you have gone back from the way of the Lord, the Lord will not be with you. 44 But they gave no attention to his words and went to the top of the mountain, though Moses and the ark of the Lord's agreement did not go out of the tent-circle. 45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who were living in the hill-country, and overcame them completely, driving them back as far as Hormah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 26:65, Joshua 14:6-10

Reciprocal: Numbers 13:6 - Caleb Numbers 14:6 - Joshua Numbers 14:30 - save Caleb Numbers 34:19 - Caleb Deuteronomy 1:38 - Joshua Psalms 91:3 - and from Psalms 91:7 - General Hebrews 3:16 - not

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,.... Here Joshua is set first, as Caleb is in Numbers 14:30; which shows that they were equal in dignity, and therefore are indifferently put, sometimes the one first, and sometimes the other:

[which were] of the men that went to search the land; were two of the spies, and were for the tribes of Judah and Ephraim, Numbers 13:6,

lived [still]; were not stricken with death, when the other spies were; though perhaps upon the very spot, and in the same place, and among them, when they were struck dead; but these remained alive, and continued many years after, and entered the good land, and possessed it.


 
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