King James Version
Numbers 14:38 in the King James Version says “But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived sti...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Numbers 14:38 · KJV
And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
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.
And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“the son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“that went”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“to search”
H8446to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially for trade or reconnoitring
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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