Numbers 32 · Verse 12

Numbers 32:12

Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord.
Numbers 32:12, King James Version

Numbers 32:12 in other translations

BSBnot one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’
WEBexcept Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, because they have followed the LORD completely.’
ASVsave Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed Jehovah.
YLTsave Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua son of Nun, for they have been fully after Jehovah;
DARBYsave Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; for they have wholly followed Jehovah.
BBEBut only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua, the son of Nun: because they have been true to the Lord.
WebsterSave Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.

What does Numbers 32:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 32:6-19

6-19. Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here--Their language was ambiguous; and Moses, suspicious that this proposal was an act of unbelief, a scheme of self-policy and indolence to escape the perils of warfare and live in ease and safety, addressed to them a reproachful and passionate remonstrance. Whether they had really meditated…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite - It was Jephunneh that was the Kenezite, and not Caleb. Kenaz was probably the father of Jephunneh.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 32:6-15

The proposal showed disregard to the land of Canaan, distrust of the Lord's promise, and unwillingness to encounter the difficulties and dangers of conquering and driving out the inhabitants of that land. Moses is wroth with them. It will becomes any of God's Israel to sit down unconcerned about the difficult and perilous concerns of their brethren, whether public or personal. He reminds them of the fatal…

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Numbers 32:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בִּלְתִּ֞יbil.TiexceptH1115
כָּלֵ֤בka.LevCalebH3612
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
יְפֻנֶּה֙ye.fu.NehJephunnehH3312
הַקְּנִזִּ֔יha.ke.ni.Zithe KenizziteH7074
וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַvi.ho.Shu.a'and JoshuaH3091
בִּן\־bin-[the] son ofH1121
נ֑וּןNunNunH5126
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
מִלְא֖וּmil.'Uthey have filledH4390
אַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 32:12

  • Deuteronomy 1:36

    Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord.

  • Numbers 14:30

    Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

  • Numbers 14:24

    But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

  • Joshua 14:8-9

    Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God. And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God.

  • Numbers 26:65

    For 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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14:24,30; 26:65; De 1:36; Jos 14:8,9

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Context

  • Numbers 32:11

    Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

  • Numbers 32:12

    Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord.

  • Numbers 32:13

    And the Lord’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed.

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Numbers 32:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Excepto Caleb, hijo de Jephone Cenezeo, y Josué hijo de Nun, que fueron perfectos en pos de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– excepté Caleb, fils de Jephunné, le Kenizien, et Josué, fils de Nun, car ils ont pleinement suivi l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		ausgenommen Kaleb, der Sohn Jephunnes, der Kenisiter, und Josua, der Sohn Nuns; denn sie sind Jehova völlig nachgefolgt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		præter Caleb filium Jephone Cenezæum, et Josue filium Nun: isti impleverunt voluntatem meam.