- 那時猶大人來到吉甲見約書亞、有基尼洗族耶孚尼的兒子迦勒、對約書亞說、耶和華在加低斯巴尼亞、指著我與你對神人摩西所說的話、你都知道了.
- 耶和華的僕人摩西、從加低斯巴尼亞打發我窺探這地、那時我正四十歲.我按著心意回報他.
- 然而同我上去的眾弟兄使百姓的心消化.但我專心跟從耶和華我的 神。
- 當日摩西起誓說、你腳所踏之地、定要歸你和你的子孫、永遠為業.因為你專心跟從耶和華我的 神。
- 自從耶和華對摩西說這話的時候、耶和華照他所應許的、使我存活這四十五年.其間以色列人在曠野行走.看哪、現今我八十五歲了、
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- Now the men of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh Barnea about you and me.
- I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions,
- but my brothers who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear. I, however, followed the LORD my God wholeheartedly.
- So on that day Moses swore to me, 'The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance and that of your children forever, because you have followed the LORD my God wholeheartedly.'
- "Now then, just as the LORD promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the desert. So here I am today, eighty-five years old!
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