Numbers Chapter 13 verse 30 Holy Bible
And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
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Then Caleb made signs to the people to keep quiet, and said to Moses, Let us go up straight away and take this land; for we are well able to overcome it.
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And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up boldly and possess it, for we are well able to do it.
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And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
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And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
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Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
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And Caleb stilleth the people concerning Moses, and saith, `Let us certainly go up -- and we have possessed it; for we are thoroughly able for it.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 30. - Caleb stilled the people. That Caleb alone is named here, whereas Joshua is elsewhere joined with him in the matter (as in chapter Numbers 14:6, 30), has been considered strange; but it is not difficult to supply a probable explanation. Joshua was the special companion and minister of Moses, his alter ego in those things wherein he was employed: for that reason he may very well have given place to Caleb as a more impartial witness, and one more likely to be listened to in the present temper of the people; for it is evident from Deuteronomy 1, that that temper had already declared itself for evil (see on Numbers 14:24).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(30) And Caleb stilled the people.--The fact that Caleb alone is mentioned in this place is by no means inconsistent with the statement which is contained in Numbers 14:6-9, from which it appears that Joshua and Caleb concurred in exhorting the people to go up and take possession of the land of promise. It appears, moreover, from Deuteronomy 1:29, &c., that Moses also remonstrated earnestly with the people, and yet neither here nor in the following chapter is mention made of that remonstrance.
