Caleb in the Bible
Caleb in the bible was one in the tribe or
part of the tribe of Judah and the son of Jephunneh base on the NUMBERS 13:6
of the Old Testament on the bible. This person was existed on the age of Moses
and in the age of Joshua.
This
man together with Joshua rent the cloths of their co – spies in some reasons
that mentioned on the chapter 14: 6 on the book of Numbers. Those men went together with Caleb and Joshua
to spy the land of promised of God or the Canaan in the children of Israel or
known as the Israelite.
God
was angered in the children of Israel or to the children of Abraham that no one
can enter in the Land of Canaan except with Joshua, Caleb and all the minors
base on the chapter 14:30 – 31 . God pronounced that His will that Caleb could enter
in the land of Canaan on the chapter 14:24.
The
reason why God permitted to enter in the land of Canaan due to the Joshua and
Caleb wholly followed the Lord God both mind and heart. God knew their hearts
and their intentions.
On
the book of Joshua; there was a time that Caleb approached with Joshua that he
was old and his age was 85 years old according to the epistle of Joshua on the
chapter 14:10. He requested with Joshua that he wants to get the land that
spoken by the Lord with Moses.
In
short, his part as promised of God about the land, requested that he will fight
with the Anakims and after he conquered that land, that land will be his part
and he added that his strength start when Moses start to send him never changed
even his age was 85 years old.
Like
Moses; Moses’ strength never changed, even the clarity of his eyes. Joshua
permitted his will, blessed, gave that land as his inheritance and we can read
the conversation between Joshua and Caleb start from the chapter 14:6 – 13 on
the book of Joshua.
According
to Joshua; the land of Hebron was given with Caleb due to wholly followed the
Lord God of Israel and he added the phrase "unto this day" which means when
Joshua wrote his epistle, The Caleb was the current owner of the land of
Hebron.
Was
Caleb fought with Anakims? He just offered his daughter if anyone who will
fight and conquered that land, give his daughter to become wife of the
conqueror of that land and the person who did as he mentioned was the Othniel,
the son of Kenaz. Caleb gave his daughter named Achsha with Othniel as prize in
his work.
His
daughter Achsha asked a field and springs of water and gave the upper and the
nether springs. It is a natural behavior of daughter with her father that asked
for something. The conversation and the asked of daughter to her father was
recorded on the chapter 15:18 – 19 on the book of Joshua.
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