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NASB | Numbers 13:6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Numbers 13:6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; |
Subject: Caleb from the tribe of Judah? |
Bible Note: Greetings Doc! Thank you for your reply. I've got to say, your reply (especially #1) has definitely given me something to think about! So, according to Rabbinic teaching, as long as you could trace your ancestry back to Mount Sinai, then your status as a Jew was secure, even if you might have been an Egyptian (Exodus 12:38) just a short while before. If I am interpreting this correctly, then the Israelites really took the Sinai experience to be a major milestone of national identification, to say the least. Wow! I never quite thought of Mount Sinai in that way. Blessings to you, Makarios |