Numbers 26:65
For the Lord had foretold that all would die in the wilderness. And not one of them remained, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
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In Context
64Among these, not one of them was numbered before, by Moses and Aaron in the desert of Sinai.
Cross References
Exodus 12:37And the sons of Israel set out from Rameses to Soccoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides little ones.
Numbers 14:28Therefore, say to them: As I live, says the Lord, as you spoke in my hearing, so will I do to you.
Numbers 14:32Your carcasses shall lie in the wilderness.
Numbers 14:38But only Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, out of all those who had journeyed to examine the land.
Deuteronomy 2:14Then, from the time that we advanced from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the torrent Zered, there were thirty-eight years, until the entire generation of the men who were fit for war had been consumed out of the camp, just as the Lord had sworn.
Joshua 5:4Now this is the reason for the second circumcision: All the people who departed from Egypt of the male gender, all the men fit for war, died in the desert during the very long wandering way;
Matthew Henry on Numbers 26:64-65
63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. That which is observable in this… Read the whole commentary →