- 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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- 那时,犹大人来到吉甲见约书亚,有基尼洗族耶孚尼的儿子迦勒对约书亚说,耶和华在加低斯巴尼亚指着我与你对神人摩西所说的话,你都知道了。
- 耶和华的仆人摩西从加低斯巴尼亚打发我窥探这地,那时我正四十岁。我按着心意回报他。
- 然而,同我上去的众弟兄使百姓的心消化。但我专心跟从耶和华我的神。
- 当日摩西起誓说,你脚所踏之地定要归你和你的子孙永远为业,因为你专心跟从耶和华我的神。
- 自从耶和华对摩西说这话的时候,耶和华照他所应许的使我存活这四十五年。其间以色列人在旷野行走。看哪,现今我八十五岁了,
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