Joshua 14:8-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 14:9

And Moses sware on that day (cf. Numbers 14:21-24 ; Deuteronomy 1:35 , Deuteronomy 1:36 ). Keil raises the difficulty that in the above passage not Moses, but God is said to have sworn, and that no special inheritance is promised to Caleb, but only that he shall enter the promised land. But this is not the fact, as a comparison of this passage with Deuteronomy 1:36 will show. That either passage gives the ipsissima verba of Moses is unlikely. The main sense of the promise is given... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 14:9

Moses sware - i. e. God swore; and His promise, confirmed by an oath, was communicated, of course, through Moses. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 14:7-8

Joshua 14:7-8. I brought him word, as it was in my heart I spake my opinion sincerely, without flattery and fear, when the other spies were biassed by their own fears, and the dread of the people, to speak otherwise than in their consciences they believed. I wholly followed the Lord my God The Hebrew, מלאתי אחרי יהוה , milleeti acharei Jehovah, is literally, I filled after the Lord my God, which words, as Dr. Dodd justly observes, “give the idea of a traveller, who, attentive to the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 14:9

Joshua 14:9. Moses sware on that day See Deuteronomy 1:35-36. What is here mentioned was first pronounced by God himself, and that with an oath, Numbers 14:21-24. It was also, however, repeated by Moses, so that the expression of the sacred writer is just. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 14:6-15

The tribe of Judah (14:6-15:63)By far the largest portions of Canaan went to the chief tribes, those of Judah and Joseph (cf. Genesis 49:8-12,Genesis 49:22-26). Judah received almost the whole of southern Canaan, and Joseph received almost the whole of central Canaan.Caleb received his special inheritance within the area given to his tribe, Judah. Here he proved that his expression of faith made forty-five years earlier was not mere words. At that time he and Joshua alone in Israel believed... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 14:9

Moses sware. Compare Deuteronomy 1:34 , Deuteronomy 1:36 (compare Judges 1:20 ). read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 14:8

Ver. 8. I wholly followed the Lord my God— The Hebrew literally is, I filled after the Lord my God: Words, the energy of which is very well rendered in our version; they give the idea of a traveller, who, attentive to the following of his guide, so treads in his steps, as to leave hardly any void space betwixt his guide and him, and continually fills up the traces of his feet. See Poole's Synopsis. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 14:9

Ver. 9. And Moses sware on that day, saying— See Num 14:21-24 and Deuteronomy 1:34-35. It was God who sware, and not Moses; but as he sware by the mouth of the latter, the expression used by the sacred writer is just. Ver. 11. As yet I am as strong, &c.] Caleb adds this consideration only the better to shew the high sense he has of the divine goodness, which had so preserved his vigour in this advanced age, as to enable him either to take from the enemies, which still retained them, the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 14:1-15

C. The land west of the Jordan chs. 14-19The account of the Israelites’ settlement west of the Jordan received more attention by the writer since it was the primary area where Israel settled. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 14:6-15

2. Caleb’s inheritance 14:6-15Before the casting of lots began, Caleb came to Joshua with his fellow tribesmen from Judah to request the inheritance that Moses had promised him (Joshua 14:9; Deuteronomy 1:36; cf. Numbers 14:26-38). Moses had promised Caleb land in Canaan but had not specified its location. The reason for this special blessing was Caleb’s faithfulness to God when he served as one of the 12 spies. Joshua also received a personal allotment later (Joshua 19:49-50)."Caleb represents... read more

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