Joshua 14:6-10

14:6 The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea. ¹  14:7 I was forty years old when Moses, the Lord’s servant, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy on the land and I brought back to him an honest report. ²  14:8 My countrymen ³  who accompanied ⁴  me frightened the people, ⁵  but I remained loyal to the Lord my God. ⁶  14:9 That day Moses made this solemn promise: ⁷  ‘Surely the land on which you walked ⁸  will belong to you and your descendants permanently, ⁹  for you remained loyal to the Lord your God.’ 14:10 So now, look, the Lord has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the Lord spoke these words to Moses, during which Israel traveled through the wilderness. Now look, I am today eighty-five years old.

[14:6]  ¹ tn Heb “You know the word which the Lord spoke to Moses, the man of God, because of me and because of you in Kadesh Barnea.”

[14:7]  ² tn Heb “and I brought back to him a word just as [was] in my heart.”

[14:8]  ³ tn Heb “brothers.”

[14:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “went up with.”

[14:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “made the heart[s] of the people melt.”

[14:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “I filled up after the Lord my God,” an idiomatic statement meaning that Caleb remained loyal to the Lord.

[14:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “swore an oath.”

[14:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “on which your foot has walked.”

[14:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “will belong to you for an inheritance, and to your sons forever.”