Judah Caleb son of Jephunneh
Parallel translations
- WEB Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
- KJV Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
- BSB from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
- NKJV from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
- NASB from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
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Quick answer
Caleb of Judah is listed, a man who will prove faithful. His name anticipates the faithful minority report.
Overview
Caleb, the spy from Judah, is named among the twelve. He and Joshua alone will trust God's promise against the majority's fear. His inclusion here foreshadows the contrast between faith and unbelief that defines the chapter, and Judah's prominence anticipates the tribe of the Messiah.
Cross-references & the web
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- 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 34:19These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
- 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 13:30Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it!”
- Josh 14:6–15Then 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.
- Num 26:65For Yahweh had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” There was not a man left of them, 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.
- 1 Chr 4:15The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
- Josh 15:13–19He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).
- Deut 31:7–17Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.
- Num 27:15–23Moses spoke to Yahweh, saying,
- Luke 1:10–15The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
- Judg 1:12–15Caleb said, “I will give Achsah my daughter as wife to the man who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it.”
- Num 14:38But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
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