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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.

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Kalev 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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  1. 1במדבר י"ג (Numbers 13)
  2. 2במדבר י"ד:כ"ד
  3. 3רש"י במדבר י"ג:כ"ב
  4. 4יהושע י"ד:י"ג–י"ד
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