KJV King James Version
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
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Numbers 14:24
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
WEB World English Bible
but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land into which he went; and his seed shall possess it.
ASV American Standard Version
but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and My servant Caleb, because there hath been another spirit with him, and he is fully after Me—I have brought him in unto the land whither he hath entered, and his seed doth possess it.
Surrounding context — Numbers 14
21 But [as] truly [as] I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
26 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
27 How long [shall I bear with] this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
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וְעַבְדִּ֣יH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveכָלֵ֗בH3612 · ka.levCalebעֵ֣קֶבH6118 · e.qevconsequenceהָֽיְתָ֞הH1961 · ha.yahto beר֤וּחַH7307 · ru.achspiritאַחֶ֙רֶת֙H312 · a.cheranotherעִמּ֔וֹH5973 · imwithוַיְמַלֵּ֖אH4390 · ma.leto fillאַחֲרָ֑יH310 · a.charafterוַהֲבִֽיאֹתִ֗יוH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הָאָ֙רֶץ֙H776 · e.retsland: country/planetאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichבָּ֣אH935 · boto come (in): comeשָׁ֔מָּהH8033 · shamthereוְזַרְע֖וֹH2233 · ze.raseedיוֹרִשֶֽׁנָּה׃H3423 · ya.rashto possess: possess
Cross-references
Numbers 14:6-9And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [which were] of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:Joshua 14:6-14Then 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.Ephesians 6:6Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;Deuteronomy 1:36Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD.Acts 11:23Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.Numbers 32:11-12Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:Numbers 26:65For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.Numbers 13:30And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.Colossians 3:23And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;1 Chronicles 29:18O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:2 Chronicles 25:2And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.1 Chronicles 29:9Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.Psalm 119:80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.Deuteronomy 6:5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.Psalm 119:145KOPH. I cried with [my] whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.Proverbs 23:26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
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