Joshua 14:8

My kinsmen and companions made the heart of the people tremble, but I was devoted to the Lord my God,

Open English Bible (US)

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

7I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the country, and I reported to him as best I could.

9and Moses swore that day that the land my feet had trodden should belong to me and to my children for all time, because I had been devoted to the Lord my God.

Read all of Joshua 14

Cross References

Revelation 14:4These are the men who never defiled themselves in their intercourse with women; they are as pure as virgins. These are the men who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were redeemed as the first-fruits of mankind for God and for the Lamb.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Joshua 14:8