Joshua 14:6-15
14:6 a The Kenizzite people were not originally Israelites (Gen 15:19 b); how they became attached to Judah is unknown.• about you and me: Only Caleb and Joshua were faithful to God at the first opportunity to enter the land, so God promised them that they would possess it (Num 14:24 c).
14:9 d Moses ... promised: See Num 14:24 e.
14:11 f Caleb judged himself to be as strong at eighty-five as he had been at forty. He still felt equipped to travel and fight—to continue both ordinary and extraordinary pursuits.
14:12 g Israel had stayed out of Canaan forty-five years earlier because they feared the descendants of Anak, a tall, strong people who lived in the hill country of Judah (Num 13:32-33 h).
14:15 i rest from war: See study note on 1:13.
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