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Num. 14:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But my servant
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
Caleb
Kaleb (Hebrew #3612)
Caleb, the name of three Israelites
KJV usage: Caleb.
Pronounce: kaw-labe'
Origin: perhaps a form of 3611, or else from the same root in the sense of forcible
y, because
`eqeb (Hebrew #6118)
a heel, i.e. (figuratively) the last of anything (used adverbially, for ever); also result, i.e. compensation; and so (adverb with preposition or relatively) on account of
KJV usage: X because, by, end, for, if, reward.
Pronounce: ay'-keb
Origin: from 6117 in the sense of 6119
he had another
'acher (Hebrew #312)
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
KJV usage: (an-)other man, following, next, strange.
Pronounce: akh-air'
Origin: from 309
spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
with him, and hath followed
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
me fully
male' (Hebrew #4390)
a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: accomplish, confirm, + consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, X draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-)flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-)full, + have wholly.
Pronounce: maw-lay'
Origin: or malae (Esth. 7:5) {maw-law'}
, him will I bring
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
into the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
whereinto he went
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
; and his seed
zera` (Hebrew #2233)
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
KJV usage: X carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing- time.
Pronounce: zeh'-rah
Origin: from 2232
shall possess
yarash (Hebrew #3423)
a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
KJV usage: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, X without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) + magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, X utterly.
Pronounce: yaw-rash'
Origin: or yaresh {yaw-raysh'}
it.
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Num. 32:11‑12• 11If the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob! for they have not wholly followed me;
 12save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; for they have wholly followed Jehovah. (Num. 32:11‑12)

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Ministry on This Verse

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my servant.
Num. 14:6‑9• 6And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of them that searched out the land, rent their garments.
 7And they spoke to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it out, is a very, very good land.
 8If Jehovah delight in us, he will bring us into this land, and give it us, a land that flows with milk and honey;
 9only rebel not against Jehovah; and fear not the people of the land; for they shall be our food. Their defence is departed from them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not. (Num. 14:6‑9)
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Num. 13:30• 30And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up boldly and possess it, for we are well able to do it. (Num. 13:30)
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Num. 26:65• 65For Jehovah 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. (Num. 26:65)
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Deut. 1:36• 36Except 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 Jehovah. (Deut. 1:36)
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Josh. 14:6‑14• 6Then the children of Judah came near to Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, Thou knowest the word that Jehovah spoke to Moses the man of God, concerning me and thee, in Kadesh-barnea.
 7Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of Jehovah sent me from Kadesh barnea to search out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.
 8And my brethren that had gone up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God.
 9And Moses swore on that day, saying, The land whereon thy feet have trodden shall assuredly be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever! for thou hast wholly followed Jehovah my God.
 10And now behold, Jehovah has kept me alive, as he said, these forty-five years, since Jehovah spoke this word to Moses, when Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now behold, I am this day eighty-five years old.
 11I am still this day strong, as in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out and to come in.
 12And now give me this mountain, of which Jehovah spoke in that day; for thou heardest in that day that Anakim are there, and great fortified cities. If so be Jehovah shall be with me, then I shall dispossess them, as Jehovah said.
 13And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
 14Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed Jehovah the God of Israel. (Josh. 14:6‑14)
another spirit.Caleb had another spirit; not only a bold, generous, courageous, noble, and heroic spirit, but the Spirit and influence of God, which thus raised him above human inquietudes and earthly fears.
Therefore he followed God fully; literally, "and he filled after me:"
God shewed him the way he was to take and the line of conduct he was to pursue, and he filled up this line, and in all things followed the will of his Maker.followed me.
Num. 32:11‑12• 11If the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob! for they have not wholly followed me;
 12save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; for they have wholly followed Jehovah. (Num. 32:11‑12)
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Deut. 6:5• 5and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength. (Deut. 6:5)
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Josh. 14:8‑9• 8And my brethren that had gone up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God.
 9And Moses swore on that day, saying, The land whereon thy feet have trodden shall assuredly be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever! for thou hast wholly followed Jehovah my God. (Josh. 14:8‑9)
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1 Chron. 29:9,18• 9And the people rejoiced because they offered willingly, for with perfect heart they offered willingly to Jehovah; and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
 18Jehovah, God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and direct their hearts to thee! (1 Chron. 29:9,18)
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2 Chron. 25:2• 2And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, yet not with a perfect heart. (2 Chron. 25:2)
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Psa. 119:80,145• 80Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
 145KOPH. I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy statutes. (Psa. 119:80,145)
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Prov. 23:26• 26My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. (Prov. 23:26)
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Acts 11:23• 23who, having arrived and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord; (Acts 11:23)
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Eph. 6:6• 6not with eye-service as men-pleasers; but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul, (Eph. 6:6)
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Col. 3:23• 23Whatsoever ye do, labour at it heartily, as doing it to the Lord, and not to men; (Col. 3:23)
• The faithful ones and the children will alone be brought into the land; but not without undergoing, in their march, the consequences of the unbelief of the mass. (“Numbers 13-14” by J.N. Darby)
• Caleb prefigures the faithful remnant; Joshua is not named (vs. 24), for he represents Christ introducing the people into the land of promise. (“Numbers 13-14” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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c
Lit. "with."