Joshua 14:8

My brethren that went up with me turned away the heart of the people, but I + 14:8 Or, according to the Heb. idiom, 'fully followed.' applied my self to follow the Lord my God.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.

In Context

7For I was forty years old when Moses the servant of God sent me out of Cades Barne to spy out the land; and I returned him an answer according to his mind.

9And Moses swore on that day, saying, The land on which you are gone up, it shall be your inheritance and your children's for ever, because you have applied yourself to follow the Lord our God.

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Cross References

Numbers 13:31And Chaleb stayed the people from speaking + 13:31 Or, to. before Moses, and said to him, Nay, but we will go up by all means, and will inherit it, for we shall surely prevail against them.

Numbers 14:24But my servant Chaleb, because there was another spirit in him, and he followed me, I will bring him into the land into which he entered, and his seed shall inherit it.

Deuteronomy 1:36except Chaleb the son of Jephonne, he shall see it; and to him I will give the land on which he went up, and to his sons, because he + 1:36 Or, followed closely after the Lord. attended to the things of the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 14:7-15

Caleb's Request. ( b. c. 1444.) 6 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. 7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. 8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly… Read the whole commentary →

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