Numbers 14:6

6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, from the explorers [of] the land, tore their garments.

Numbers 14:6 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 14:6

And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh
Rose up and interposed in this affair, looking upon themselves under a special obligation so to do, as they were capable of confronting the other spies, and contradicting what they had said:

[which were] of them that searched the land;
they were two of that number, and were the more concerned to hear such a false account given, and distressed to observe the mutiny of the people, and therefore judged themselves in duty bound to do all they could to stop it:

rent their clothes;
in token of sorrow for the sins of the people; and at their blasphemy and ingratitude against God, and in dread of his wrath and fury breaking forth upon them.

Numbers 14:6 In-Context

4 {They said to each other}, "Let us appoint a leader, and we will return [to] Egypt."

5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces {before} the assembly of the community of the {Israelites}.

6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, from the explorers [of] the land, tore their garments.

7 And they said to all the community of the {Israelites}, "The land that we went through to explore [is] an {exceptionally good land}.

8 If Yahweh delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and he will give it to us, a land that [is] flowing [with] milk and honey.