Numbers 14:24

What does Numbers 14:24 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 14:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit in him, and has been true to me with all his heart, him I will take into that land into which he went, and his seed will have it for their heritage.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and My servant Caleb, because there hath been another spirit with him, and he is fully after Me--I have brought him in unto the land whither he hath entered, and his seed doth possess it.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

My servant Caleb, who being full of another spirit hath followed me, I will bring into this land which he hath gone round: and his seed shall possess it.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.23surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised me see it:

v.24This passage

v.25Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 23:26

    My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:2

    And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not with a perfect heart.

  • Ephesians 6:6

    not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

  • 1 Chronicles 29:18

    O Jehovah, the 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 prepare their heart unto thee;

  • Numbers 26:65

    For 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.

  • 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 Jehovah.

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