Numbers 14:6
And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, of those spying out the land, have torn their garments,
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Genesis 37:34And Jacob tears his raiment, and puts sackcloth on his loins, and becomes a mourner for his son many days,
Numbers 13:6for the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
Numbers 13:30And Caleb stills the people concerning Moses and says, “Let us certainly go up—and we have possessed it; for we are thoroughly able to [do] it.”
Numbers 14:30you do not come into the land [for] which I have lifted up My hand to cause you to dwell in it, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
Joshua 7:6And Joshua tears his garments, and falls on his face to the earth before the Ark of YHWH until the evening, he and [the] elderly of Israel, and they cause dust to go up on their head.
2 Samuel 3:31And David says to Joab, and to all the people who [are] with him, “Tear your garments, and gird on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner”; and King David is going after the bier.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 14:6-11
The Expostulation of Joshua and Caleb. ( b. c. 1490.) 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. 6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: 7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. 8 If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it… Read the whole commentary →