Numbers 26:65

65 For the Lord had said of them, ¹“They shall die in the wilderness. ” Not one of them was left, ²except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

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 These were those listed by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who listed the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

64 But among these there was not one of those listed by Moses and Aaron the priest, who had listed the people of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

65 For the Lord had said of them, “They shall die in the wilderness. ” Not one of them was left, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

Cross References

• 1. 26:65 ch. 14:28, 29; 1 Cor. 10:5
• 2. 26:65 See ch. 13:6