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From the tribe of Judah, Caleb, son of Jephunneh.
And Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored (investigated – Hebr. tor) the land, tore their clothes.
you shall certainly not enter the land, for which I raised my hand that I would let you dwell there, except Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun.
But Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun, remained alive of these men who had gone and explored the land.
For the Lord (Yahweh) had said of them, "They shall surely die in the wilderness." [] And not one man was left of them except Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun.
except Caleb, son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua, son of Nun, because they followed the Lord (Yahweh) wholeheartedly.
And these are the names of those men:
From the tribe of Judah,
Caleb, son of Jephunneh.
except Caleb, the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it [], and to him I will give the land on which he has set his foot, and to his children, because he has followed the Lord (Yahweh) wholeheartedly. [; ]
[In the chiastic pattern, this passage is connected to , where Josh. 1, like Caleb here, receives his reward for the events at Kadesh-Barnea.]
Then the sons of Judah came near to Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, said to him: "You know (are intimately familiar with) the things that the Lord (Yahweh) spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and you at Kadesh-Barnea.
And Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as an inheritance.
Therefore, Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, to this day, because he wholly followed the Lord (Yahweh), the God of Israel (Yahweh Elohim).
And to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he gave a portion among the sons of Judah according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, Kiriath-Arba, the Arba whose father was Anak, that is, Hebron.
But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his possession.
The sons of Caleb [one of the twelve explorers, see ], the son of Jephunneh, were Iru, Elah, and Naam, as were the sons of Elah and Kenaz.
but the arable land and villages belonging to the city were given to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.
