Caleb's History -- Piety Portrayed and Piety Promoted
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Joshua 14:6-15
Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said to him…


I. PIETY PORTRAYED: Caleb "wholly followed the Lord God of Israel."

1. Genuine piety is the sublimest of all pursuits.

2. Genuine piety accords with the constitutional cravings and powers of the human soul.

II. PIETY PROMOTED: "Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb."

(Homilist.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.

WEB: Then the children of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal. Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh Barnea.




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