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A delegation from the tribe of Judah, led by Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, came to Joshua at Gilgal. Caleb said to Joshua, “Remember what the Lord said to Moses, the man of God, about you and me when we were at Kadesh-barnea.
Joshua 14:6 · New Living Translation
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  • WEB Then the children of Judah came near to Joshua in Gilgal. Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh Barnea.
  • KJV Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.
  • BSB 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 you and me.
  • NKJV Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him: “You know the word which the Lord said to Moses the man of God concerning you and me in Kadesh Barnea.
  • NASB Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the word which the Lord spoke to Moses the man of God on account of you and me in Kadesh-barnea.

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Quick answer

Caleb of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal and recalled God's promise spoken about them both at Kadesh Barnea.

Overview

Caleb, one of the two faithful spies, now claims the promise made decades earlier (Numbers 14:24). His respectful appeal to God's word shows a man who treasured the Lord's promises through long years of waiting. His example calls believers to hold fast in faith to what God has spoken, however long the delay.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 26

  • Num 14:30surely you shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
  • Num 14:24But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring into the land into which he went. His offspring shall possess it.
  • Num 13:6Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
  • Josh 14:14Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he followed Yahweh, the God of Israel wholeheartedly.
  • Num 14:6Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes.
  • Num 13:26They went and came to Moses, to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them and to all the congregation. They showed them the fruit of the land.
  • Num 32:12except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have followed Yahweh completely.’
  • Josh 15:17Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
  • Ps 90:1A Prayer by Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.
  • Deut 1:36–38except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it. I will give the land that he has trodden on to him, and to his children, because he has wholly followed Yahweh.”
  • Deut 34:10Since then, there has not arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom Yahweh knew face to face,
  • 2 Kgs 4:16He said, “At this season, when the time comes around, you will embrace a son.” She said, “No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your servant.”
  • Deut 33:1This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
  • Josh 10:43Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
  • 2 Tim 3:17that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
  • Judg 13:6–8Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A man of God came to me, and his face was like the face of the angel of God, very awesome. I didn’t ask him where he was from, neither did he tell me his name;
  • 2 Kgs 4:9She said to her husband, “See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by us continually.
  • 2 Kgs 4:42A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God bread some of the first fruits: twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. He said, “Give to the people, that they may eat.”
  • 1 Tim 6:11But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
  • Num 12:7–8My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.
  • 2 Kgs 8:11He settled his gaze steadfastly on him, until he was ashamed. Then the man of God wept.
  • Josh 4:19The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
  • Deut 34:5So Moses the servant of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab, according to Yahweh’s word.
  • 2 Kgs 8:7Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick. He was told, “The man of God has come here.”
  • 1 Kgs 13:1Behold, a man of God came out of Judah by Yahweh’s word to Beth El; and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
  • 1 Kgs 13:14He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. He said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” He said, “I am.”

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Christ at the center

Joshua — the same name as Jesus, 'the LORD saves' — leads God's people into their inheritance, a shadow of the greater Joshua who brings us into the true rest and the promised land that remains.

How Joshua 14:6 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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