Caleb
the faithful scout
Who was Caleb?
- Son of Jephunneh, of the tribe of Judah. He was one of the twelve scouts Moses sent into Canaan. Numbers 13:2, 6
- He quieted the people and said they could take the land. God said that Caleb had followed him wholeheartedly. Numbers 13:30; Numbers 14:24
- At eighty-five years old, he asked for the hill country God had promised him. Joshua gave him Hebron. Joshua 14:10-13
What the Bible says
Numbers 13:2, 6
2Send men to view the land of Chanaan, which I will give to the children of Israel, one of every tribe, of the rulers. 6Of the tribe of Juda, Caleb the son of Jephone.
Numbers 13:30; Numbers 14:24
In the mean time Caleb, to still the murmuring of the people that rose against Moses, said: Let us go up and possess the land, for we shall be able to conquer it.
Joshua 14:10-13
10The Lord therefore hath granted me life, as he promised until this present day. It is forty and five years since the Lord spoke this word to Moses, when Israel journeyed through the wilderness: this day I am eighty-five years old, 11As strong as I was at that time when I was sent to view the land: the strength of that time continueth in me until this day, as well to fight as to march. 12Give me therefore this mountain, which the Lord promised, in thy hearing also, wherein are the Enacims, and cities great and strong: if so be the Lord will be with me, and I shall be able to destroy them, as he promised me. 13And Josue blessed him, and gave him Hebron in possession.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
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