Numbers 13:30

13:30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses, saying, “Let us go up ¹  and occupy it, ²  for we are well able to conquer it.” ³ 

Numbers 14:24

14:24 Only my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit and has followed me fully – I will bring him into the land where he had gone, and his descendants ⁴  will possess it.

Numbers 21:24

21:24 But the Israelites ⁵  defeated him in battle ⁶  and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strongly defended.

Numbers 21:35

21:35 So they defeated Og, ⁷  his sons, and all his people, until there were no survivors, ⁸  and they possessed his land.

Numbers 32:21

32:21 and if all your armed men cross the Jordan before the Lord until he drives out his enemies from his presence

¹ tn The construction is emphatic, using the cohortative with the infinitive absolute to strengthen it: עָלֹה נַעֲלֶה (’aloh na’aleh, “let us go up”) with the sense of certainty and immediacy.

² tn The perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive brings the cohortative idea forward: “and let us possess it”; it may also be subordinated to form a purpose or result idea.

³ tn Here again the confidence of Caleb is expressed with the infinitive absolute and the imperfect tense: יָכוֹל נוּכַל (yakhol nukhal), “we are fully able” to do this. The verb יָכַל (yakhal) followed by the preposition lamed means “to prevail over, to conquer.”

⁴ tn Heb “seed.”

⁷ tn The Hebrew text has “Israel,” but the verb is plural.

⁸ tn Heb “with the edge of the sword.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Og) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn Heb “no remnant.”