Números 32:12

12 exceto Calebe, filho de Jefoné o quenezeu, e Josué, filho de Num, porquanto perseveraram em seguir ao Senhor.

Números 32:12 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:12

Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the
son of Nun
See ( Numbers 14:30 ) , whether Caleb or Jephunneh is called the Kenezite is not so easy to determine; the latter rather seems to be most correct, for that Caleb should be called so from Kenaz the father of Othniel, who is said to be Caleb's brother seems not to be agreeable; since it is not likely that they were his own brothers, or Caleb would not have given his daughter to him; besides Jephunneh and not Kenaz is always said to be the father of Caleb, unless his father can be thought to have two names; it is most likely that Jephunneh, and so Caleb, might be called the Kenezite, from an ancestor of theirs of that name: Jarchi says, Caleb was the son-in-law of Kenaz, and Caleb's mother bore unto him Othniel:

for they have wholly followed the Lord;
here what was said of Caleb, ( Numbers 14:24 ) is said both of him and Joshua; (See Gill on Numbers 14:24).

Números 32:12 In-Context

10 Então a ira do Senhor se acendeu naquele mesmo dia, e ele jurou, dizendo:

11 De certo os homens que subiram do Egito, de vinte anos para cima, não verão a terra que prometi com juramento a Abraão, a Isaque, e a Jacó! porquanto não perseveraram em seguir-me;

12 exceto Calebe, filho de Jefoné o quenezeu, e Josué, filho de Num, porquanto perseveraram em seguir ao Senhor.

13 Assim se acendeu a ira do Senhor contra Israel, e ele os fez andar errantes no deserto quarenta anos, até que se consumiu toda aquela geração que fizera mal aos olhos do Senhor.

14 E eis que vós, uma geração de homens pecadores, vos levantastes em lugar de vossos pais, para ainda mais aumentardes o furor da ira do Senhor contra Israel.