Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
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Gill's Exposition
Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land,.... Not he alone, but eleven more with him, one out of every tribe; his age he mentions, and of…
Adam Clarke
As it was in mine heart - Neither fear nor favor influenced him on the occasion; he told what he believed to be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Before the lot was cast into the lap for the determining of the portions of the respective tribes, the particular portion of Caleb was assigned to him. He was now, except Joshua, not only the oldest…
Cambridge Bible
to espy out the land "for to behold the loond," Wyclif. "Espy" (comp. Gen 42:27, "And as one of them opened his sack … he espiedhis money") comes from Fr. espier, Sp. espiar, which are modifications…
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