Josué 14:7

7 Yo tenía cuarenta años cuando Moisés, siervo del SEÑOR, me envió de Cades-barnea a reconocer la tierra, y le informé como yo lo sentía en mi corazón.

Josué 14:7 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 14:7

Forty years old [was] I when Moses the servant of the Lord
sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land
Not he alone, but eleven more with him, one out of every tribe; his age he mentions, and of which, or near it, it is highly probable the rest of the spies were, to show that he and they were in the prime of their days, both as to bodily strength and intellectual capacity, which were requisite for such service as to spy out the land, of what quality that and its inhabitants were; and Moses he calls the servant of the Lord, because it was by the order and appointment of God, signified to Moses, that this was done; and the place from whence they were sent forth is named, which ascertains what that Kadesh was, where Israel was encamped when the spies were sent, ( Numbers 13:26 ) ;

and I brought him word again, as [it was] in mine heart;
that is, he gave to Moses upon his return a sincere, honest and faithful representation of the land, and its inhabitants, as it appeared to him.

Josué 14:7 In-Context

5 Tal como el SEÑOR había ordenado a Moisés, así hicieron los hijos de Israel, y repartieron la tierra.

6 Entonces los hijos de Judá vinieron a Josué en Gilgal, y Caleb, hijo de Jefone cenezeo, le dijo: Tú sabes lo que el SEÑOR dijo a Moisés, hombre de Dios, acerca de ti y de mí en Cades-barnea.

7 Yo tenía cuarenta años cuando Moisés, siervo del SEÑOR, me envió de Cades-barnea a reconocer la tierra, y le informé como yo lo sentía en mi corazón.

8 Sin embargo, mis hermanos que subieron conmigo, hicieron atemorizar el corazón del pueblo; pero yo seguí plenamente al SEÑOR mi Dios.

9 Y aquel día Moisés juró, diciendo: "Ciertamente, la tierra que ha pisado tu pie será herencia tuya y de tus hijos para siempre, porque has seguido plenamente al SEÑOR mi Dios."