Numbers 26:65

65 The Lord had said that all of them would die in the wilderness, and except for Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun they all did. ¹

Numbers 26:65 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 26:65

For the Lord had said of them, they shall surely die in the
wilderness
This was threatened them, ( Numbers 14:32 ) and now it was fulfilled:

and there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
and Joshua the son of Nun;
the only two of the spies that brought a good report of the land of Canaan; all the rest of them, and those that murmured on the ill report of theirs, were now dead.

Numbers 26:65 In-Context

63 All these clans were listed by Moses and Eleazar when they took a census of the Israelites in the plains of Moab across the Jordan River from Jericho.

64 There was not even one man left among those whom Moses and Aaron had listed in the first census in the Sinai Desert.

65 The Lord had said that all of them would die in the wilderness, and except for Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun they all did.

Cross References

• 1. 26.65Numbers 14.26-35.