Numbers 14:6
Joshua and Caleb, two of the men who had explored the land, tore their clothes because they were very dismayed.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
5Then Aaron and Moses/I bowed down to pray in front of all the Israeli people who had gathered there.
7They said to the Israeli people, “The land that we explored is very good.
Cross References
Genesis 37:34Jacob was so grieved that he tore his clothes. He put on ◄sackcloth/clothes that people wear when they are mourning for someone who has died►. He mourned/cried for his son for many days.
Numbers 13:6Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah;
Numbers 13:30When they said that, the people were afraid and started to cry out very loudly. But Caleb told the people who were standing near Moses/me to be quiet. Then he said, “We should go there and take the land, because we are certainly able to conquer it!”
Numbers 14:30will enter the land that I solemnly promised to give to you. Only Caleb and Joshua will enter that land.
Joshua 7:6Joshua and the other Israeli leaders tore their clothes because they were very sad about being defeated. They prostrated themselves on the ground in front of the Sacred Tent in which was the sacred chest. They stayed there until that evening. They also threw dirt on their heads to show that they were very sad about what had happened.
2 Samuel 3:31Then David said to Joab and to all Joab’s soldiers, “Tear your clothes and put on coarse cloth to show that you are sad, and mourn for Abner!” And at the funeral, King David walked behind the men who were carrying the coffin.
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 →