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.
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But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. …
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? …
Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 63-65)That which is observable in this conclusion of the account is the execution of the sentence passed upon the murmurers (Num. 14:29), that not one of those who were numbered from twenty years old and upwards (and that the Levites were not, but either from a month old or from thirty years old to fifty) should enter Canaan, except Caleb and Joshua. In the muster now made particular directions, no doub…
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