Discovery BoxJoshua 14:7-11 
Context14:7 I was forty years old when Moses, the Lord’s servant, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy on the land and I brought back to him an honest report. 1 14:8 My countrymen 2 who accompanied 3 me frightened the people, 4 but I remained loyal to the Lord my God. 5 14:9 That day Moses made this solemn promise: 6 ‘Surely the land on which you walked 7 will belong to you and your descendants permanently, 8 for you remained loyal to the Lord your God.’ 14:10 So now, look, the Lord has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the Lord spoke these words to Moses, during which Israel traveled through the wilderness. Now look, I am today eighty-five years old. 14:11 Today I am still as strong as when Moses sent me out. I can fight and go about my daily activities with the same energy I had then. 9
1 tn Heb “and I brought back to him a word just as [was] in my heart.”
2 tn Heb “brothers.”
3 tn Heb “went up with.”
4 tn Heb “made the heart[s] of the people melt.”
5 tn Heb “I filled up after the
6 tn Heb “swore an oath.”
7 tn Heb “on which your foot has walked.”
8 tn Heb “will belong to you for an inheritance, and to your sons forever.”
9 tn Heb “like my strength then, like my strength now, for battle and for going out and coming in.”
