Numbers 13:6Numbers 13:30Joshua 14:1

The ethnological identity of the Calebites is uncertain. In Numbers 13:6 , Caleb is identified with the tribe of Judah. However, according to Numbers 32:12 , his father Jephunneh was a Kenezite. The Kenezites apparently were of Edomite origin (Genesis 36:9-11 ). Perhaps Caleb represented a Kenezite clan that had joined the Israelites and become incorporated into the tribe of Judah.