Numbers 14:38

38 But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh lived from [among] the men who went to explore the land.

Numbers 14:38 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 14:38

But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
&c.] Here Joshua is set first, as Caleb is in ( Numbers 14:30 ) ; which shows that they were equal in dignity, and therefore are indifferently put, sometimes the one first, and sometimes the other: [which were] of the men that went to search the land;
were two of the spies, and were for the tribes of Judah and Ephraim, ( Numbers 13:6 Numbers 13:8 ) , lived [still];
were not stricken with death, when the other spies were; though perhaps upon the very spot, and in the same place, and among them, when they were struck dead; but these remained alive, and continued many years after, and entered the good land, and possessed it.

Numbers 14:38 In-Context

36 As for the men whom Moses sent to explore the land, who returned and made the community grumble against him by spreading a report over the land,

37 the men who spread the evil report of the land died by the plague {before Yahweh}.

38 But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh lived from [among] the men who went to explore the land.

39 And Moses spoke words to all the {Israelites}, and the people mourned greatly.

40 They rose early in the morning and went to the top of the mount, saying, "Here we are. We will go up to the place that Yahweh said, because we have sinned."