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Good News Translation

Numbers 32:12

This included everyone, except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun; they remained loyal to the Lord .

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Caleb;   Disobedience to God;   Gilead;   Haste;   Joshua;   Misjudgment;   Motive;   Uncharitableness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Consecration;   Entire Consecration;   Joshua;   Surrendered Life, Characteristics of;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Decision;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Gad, the Tribe of;   Obedience to God;   Reuben, the Tribe of;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gad;   Reuben;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Kenizzite;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bashan;   Caleb;   Jaazer;   Jephunneh;   Joshua;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Generation;   Kenizzite;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gad;   Genealogy;   Israel;   Judah;   Kenizzites;   Leopard;   Manasseh;   Reuben;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Kenezite ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Reuben;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ja'besh;   Ken'ezite,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Caleb;   Follow;   Jephunneh;   Joshua (2);   Kenezite;   Reuben;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Caleb;   Kenaz;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
save Kalev the son of Yefunneh the Kenizzi, and Yehoshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed the LORD.
King James Version
Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, because they followed Yahweh wholly.'
English Standard Version
none except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the Lord .'
New Century Version
Only Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun followed the Lord completely.'
New English Translation
except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the Lord wholeheartedly.'
Amplified Bible
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have followed the LORD completely.'
New American Standard Bible
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun; for they have followed the LORD fully.'
Geneva Bible (1587)
Except Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh the Kenesite, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun: for they haue constantly followed the Lorde.
Legacy Standard Bible
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have followed Yahweh fully.'
Contemporary English Version
except Caleb and Joshua. They remained faithful to the Lord ,
Complete Jewish Bible
except Kalev the son of Y'funeh the K'nizi and Y'hoshua the son of Nun, because they have followed Adonai unreservedly.'
Darby Translation
save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; for they have wholly followed Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Only Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun really followed the Lord !'
George Lamsa Translation
Except Caleb the son of Jophaniah the Kenezite and Joshua the son of Nun; for they have wholly followed the LORD.
Christian Standard Bible®
none except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, because they did remain loyal to the Lord.’
Literal Translation
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have fully followed Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
saue Caleb ye sonne of Iephune ye Kenisite, & Iosua ye sonne of Nun: for they haue wholy folowed ye LORDE.
American Standard Version
save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua, the son of Nun: because they have been true to the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune the Kenesite, and Iosuah the sonne of Nun: for they haue constantly folowed the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
Saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh the Kenezite, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun: for they haue wholly followed the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
save Caleb the son of Jephonne, who was set apart, and Joshua the son of Naue, for they closely followed after the Lord.
English Revised Version
save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun: because they have wholly followed the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun-because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.'
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
outakun Caleph, Cenezei, the sone of Jephone, and Josue, the sone of Nun; these tweyne filliden my wille.
Young's Literal Translation
save Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua son of Nun, for they have been fully after Jehovah;
Update Bible Version
save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
World English Bible
save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed Yahweh.
New King James Version
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the LORD.'
New Living Translation
The only exceptions are Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they have wholeheartedly followed the Lord .'
New Life Bible
Only Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun will see it. For they have followed the Lord with all their hearts.'
New Revised Standard
none except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they have unreservedly followed the Lord .'
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
save Caleb son of Jephunneh, the Kenezite, and Joshua, son of Nun, - for they followed after Yahweh, fully.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Except Caleb the son of Jephone the Cenezite, and Josue the son of Nun: these have fulfilled my will.
Revised Standard Version
none except Caleb the son of Jephun'neh the Ken'izzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the LORD.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have followed the LORD fully.'

Contextual Overview

1 The tribes of Reuben and Gad had a lot of livestock. When they saw how suitable the land of Jazer and Gilead was for cattle, 2 they went to Moses, Eleazar, and the other leaders of the community and said, 3"This region which the Lord has helped the Israelites occupy—the towns of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sibmah, Nebo, and Beon—is good land for livestock, and we have so much livestock. 5 Please give us this land as our property, and do not make us cross the Jordan River and settle there." 6 Moses replied, "Do you want to stay here while the other Israelites go to war? 7 How dare you try to discourage the people of Israel from crossing the Jordan into the land which the Lord has given them? 8 That is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. 9 They went as far as Eshcol Valley and saw the land, but when they returned, they discouraged the people from entering the land which the Lord had given them. 10 The Lord became angry that day and made a promise: 11 ‘I swear that because they did not remain loyal to me, none of the men twenty years old or older who came out of Egypt will enter the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

for: Numbers 14:24, Numbers 14:30, Numbers 26:65, Deuteronomy 1:36, Joshua 14:8, Joshua 14:9

Reciprocal: Joshua 14:6 - Kenezite Joshua 15:17 - Kenaz

Cross-References

Genesis 22:17
I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your descendants will conquer their enemies.
Genesis 32:3
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the country of Edom.
Genesis 32:4
He instructed them to say: "I, Jacob, your obedient servant, report to my master Esau that I have been staying with Laban and that I have delayed my return until now.
Genesis 32:6
When the messengers came back to Jacob, they said, "We went to your brother Esau, and he is already on his way to meet you. He has four hundred men with him."
Genesis 32:13
After spending the night there, Jacob chose from his livestock as a present for his brother Esau: 200 female goats and 20 males, 200 female sheep and 20 males, 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows and 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 males.
Exodus 32:13
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Remember the solemn promise you made to them to give them as many descendants as there are stars in the sky and to give their descendants all that land you promised would be their possession forever."
Numbers 23:19
God is not like people, who lie; He is not a human who changes his mind. Whatever he promises, he does; He speaks, and it is done.
1 Samuel 15:29
Israel's majestic God does not lie or change his mind. He is not a human being—he does not change his mind."
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
2 Timothy 2:13
If we are not faithful, he remains faithful, because he cannot be false to himself."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun,.... See Numbers 14:30, whether Caleb or Jephunneh is called the Kenezite is not so easy to determine; the latter rather seems to be most correct, for that Caleb should be called so from Kenaz the father of Othniel, who is said to be Caleb's brother seems not to be agreeable; since it is not likely that they were his own brothers, or Caleb would not have given his daughter to him; besides Jephunneh and not Kenaz is always said to be the father of Caleb, unless his father can be thought to have two names; it is most likely that Jephunneh, and so Caleb, might be called the Kenezite, from an ancestor of theirs of that name: Jarchi says, Caleb was the son-in-law of Kenaz, and Caleb's mother bore unto him Othniel:

for they have wholly followed the Lord; here what was said of Caleb,

Numbers 14:24 is said both of him and Joshua;

Numbers 14:24- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Kenezite - Kenaz Genesis 36:11 was the name of one of the “dukes of Edom:” but Israel and Edom were of kindred origin, and the use of similar names by the two peoples is not surprising.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 32:12. Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite — It was Jephunneh that was the Kenezite, and not Caleb. Kenaz was probably the father of Jephunneh.


 
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