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Kalev ben Yefuneh (Caleb) כלב בן יפנה
Kalev ben Yefuneh of Yehuda was one of the twelve spies who, with Yehoshua, spoke well of the Land.
Fix / add informationKalev ben Yefuneh was the spy from Yehuda (Bamidbar 13:6). When the others said the Land could not be taken, Kalev cried: 'Let us go up and possess it, for we can surely do it' (13:30).
Hashem said: 'My servant Kalev, because he had a different spirit... I will bring him into the Land' (14:24). With Yehoshua he survived that generation, and he received Chevron as his portion (Yehoshua 14:13–14). Rashi brings that Kalev went to pray at the graves of the Avos in Chevron (Rashi Bamidbar 13:22).
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