Numbers 26:65Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
For the Lord had foretold that they should die in the wilderness. And none remained of them, but Caleb the son of Jephone, and Josue the son of Nun.
כִּֽי־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ לָהֶ֔ם מ֥וֹת יָמֻ֖תוּ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר וְלֹא־נוֹתַ֤ר מֵהֶם֙ אִ֔ישׁ כִּ֚י אִם־כָּלֵ֣ב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּ֔ה וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ בִּן־נֽוּן׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Cor 10:5But with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the desert.
- 1 Cor 10:6Now these things were done in a figure of us, that we should not covet evil things, as they also coveted.
- Num 14:38But Josue the son of Nun, and Caleb had gone to view the land.
- Rom 11:22See then the goodness and the severity of God: towards them indeed that are fallen, the severity; but towards thee, the goodness of God, if thou abide in goodness. Otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
- Heb 3:17And with whom was he offended forty years? Was it not with them that sinned, whose carcasses were overthrown in the desert?
- Heb 3:18And to whom did he swear, that they should not enter into his rest: but to them that were incredulous?
- Num 14:28Say therefore to them: As I live, saith the Lord: According as you have spoken in my hearing, so will I do to you.
- Num 14:30Shall not enter into the land, over which I lifted up my hand to make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephone, and Josue the son of Nun.