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As yet I am as strong this day as I as in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out and to come in.
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Preserved for a Purpose
Commentators view Caleb's remarkable strength at age 85 as a direct result of God's sustaining power. John Gill calls it a 'wonderful instance of the care of divine Providence.' God didn't just grant Caleb a long life; He preserved his physical and mental vigor for a specific, challenging purpose: to conquer the land God had promised him.
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Joshua
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19th Century
Anglican
As yet I am as strong this day ... —But by Joshua 13:1, Joshua had aged. Yet Joshua died at the age of 110, only…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
As yet I [am as] strong this day as [I was] in the day that Moses sent me To spy the …
Presbyterian
Caleb's request is, Give me this mountain, or Hebron, because it was formerly in God's promise to him, and he would let Israel know how mu…
