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Caleb

One of the twelve spies sent into Canaan; along with Joshua, the only one of that generation the text says was permitted to enter the promised land, for having given a faithful report

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Jephunneh

Introduction

One of the twelve spies sent into Canaan; along with Joshua, the only one of that generation the text says was permitted to enter the promised land, for having given a faithful report

Family


This article records a figure from the Hebrew Bible's narrative genealogy of Israel, as told across the Torah and the Former Prophets. It follows the text's own presentation of events rather than adjudicating questions of historicity, which remain debated among biblical scholars and archaeologists.

Sources

  1. The Oxford Bible Commentary (scholarly)
  2. Book of Numbers (primary text)

This entry is independently written for myVamsam using the sources listed above. Where traditions differ, this entry identifies the relevant tradition rather than presenting one account as universally established fact.