I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back to him an honest report.I was forty years old when Moses the servant of Yahweh sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land. I brought him word again as it was in my heart.Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh–barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of Jehovah sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.
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… You may remain standing as I read the Word of God. Joshua, chapter 14, verses 6 through 13. By now, they're all over YouTube telling us where they're joining from. Y'all want to do a few shout-outs on YouTube as you find Scripture? You know you need an extra minute to find Joshua 14 anyway. I'm trying to hook you up, but let's see. Here we go. Here we go. Here they are watching from Rochester, New York, California, Montgomery, Alabama. See? All different countries. We have Palestine, Miami, New Mexico, Ontario, Montreal. Aren't you from Ontario, LJ? Do you know this person? this scripture, and then I'll fill in the background after I've read it to you. Now the people of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb, son of Jephunneh… This is one of those times where you're glad that your dad didn't name you Junior. Caleb, son of Jephunneh. Jephunneh, Jr., what he would have been called. So Caleb is a much better name. Everybody say Caleb. Caleb is the character we want to talk about today. …
Okay, that's just one of the greatest speeches in history. This 85-year-old man said, you remember that day. Josh, you were the only one that was there with me. And you remember what it was like. Remember how you and I believed and everyone else, man. And everyone else was just like, no, it's not going to happen. And they made the people terrified. Man, that verse, that verse, verse 8. But my brothers, my brothers, my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt. Yet I wholly followed the Lord my God. man memorize that verse that that's caleb going man i this is 45 years ago i still remember like it was yesterday where where all of my brothers man these guys were supposed to be with me and and instead they're just like we can't do it we can't do it we can't do it says but me I wholly followed the Lord my God. And he says it again later. He says, man, I follow the Lord my God. …
… And so here you have, I love this, okay? It's Joshua 14, verse seven. And here's Caleb speaking. Listen to his words. I was 40 years old when Moses, the servant of the Lord, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land. And I brought him word again as it was in my heart. But my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt. Yet I wholly followed the Lord my God. And Moses swore on that day saying, surely the land on which your foot is trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever because you have wholly followed the Lord my God. And now, behold, the Lord has kept me alive just as he said these 45 years since the time that the Lord spoke this word to Moses while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, behold, I am this day 85 years old. I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me. …