Joshua 14:9

“And Moses sware on that day, saying, etc.] Or declared the oath of the Lord, for it was the Lord that sware to what follows; (see <050134> Deuteronomy 1:34-36); surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever: not the whole land of Canaan, nor all the parts of it Caleb travelled through, but particularly Hebron; which though not expressly mentioned in the aforesaid oath, yet was understood and known to be the meaning of it, and which Joshua by the following grant owned, and it is elsewhere expressly affirmed, (<070120>Judges 1:20); and it is remarked, that it is not said “they”, but “he” came to Hebron, (<041322>Numbers 13:22); that is…”

“Moses sware - i. e. God swore; and His promise, confirmed by an oath, was communicated, of course, through Moses. return to 'Top of Page'”

“14:9 Moses . . . promised: See Num 14:24.”

“Jos 1:3; Num 13:22, Num 14:22-24 Joshua 14:10”

“Jehovah swore at that time, that the land upon which his (Caleb's) foot had trodden should be an inheritance for him and his sons for ever. This oath is not mentioned in Num 14:20., nor yet in Deu 1:35-36, where Moses repeats the account of the whole occurrence to the people. For the oath of Jehovah mentioned in Num 14:21, Num 14:24, viz., that none of the murmuring people should see the land of Canaan, but that Caleb alone should come thither and his seed should possess it, cannot be the one referred to, as the promise given to Caleb in this oath does not relate to the possession of Hebron in particular, but to the land of Canaan generally, "the land which Jehovah had sworn to their…”