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Green's Literal Translation

Numbers 32:12

except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have fully followed Jehovah.

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.
Good News Translation
This included everyone, except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun; they remained loyal to 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.’
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 And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had many livestock, a very great multitude. And they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead. And, behold, the place was a place for livestock. 2 And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came in and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the rulers of the congregation, saying, 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 4 the land which Jehovah has struck before the congregation of Israel is a land for livestock, and your servants own livestock. 5 And they said, If we have found favor in your eyes, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Do not make us pass over the Jordan. 6 And Moses said to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, Do your brothers go into the battle, and you, do you sit here? 7 And why do you discourage the heart of the sons of Israel from passing over to the land which Jehovah has given to them? 8 So your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. 9 And they went up to the valley of Eshcol and saw the land, and discouraged the hearts of the sons of Israel, so as for them not to go into the land which Jehovah had given to them. 10 And the anger of Jehovah glowed in that day, and He swore, saying,

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
that blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the shore of the sea. And your Seed shall possess the gate of His enemies.
Genesis 32:3
And Jacob sent messengers before his face to his brother Esau, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
Genesis 32:4
And he commanded them, saying, You shall say to my lord, to Esau: Your servant Jacob says this: I have sojourned with Laban and remained until now.
Genesis 32:6
And the messengers came back to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and also he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.
Genesis 32:13
And he remained there that night. And he took a present from what came into his hand, for his brother Esau:
Genesis 32:15
thirty nursing camels with their thirty colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten young asses.
Exodus 32:13
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You swore by Yourself, and You spoke to them, I will multiply your seed like the stars of the heavens, and all this land which I have said, I will give to your seed. And they shallpossess it forever.
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man that He should lie, or a son of man that He should repent. Has He said, and shall He not do it? And has He spoken, and shall He not make it good?
1 Samuel 15:29
And also the Glory of Israel will not lie nor repent, for He is not a man that He should repent.
Matthew 24:35
The heaven and the earth will pass away, but My Words will not pass away, never!

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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