Sirach 46:8
Good News Translation
Out of the 600,000 Israelites who marched through the wilderness, these two were the only ones spared and allowed to enter the rich and fertile land that was to be theirs.

New Revised Standard Version
And these two alone were spared out of six hundred thousand infantry, to lead the people into their inheritance, the land flowing with milk and honey.

Contemporary English Version
Six hundred thousand men died, but Caleb and Joshua were spared and led Israel into the land rich with milk and honey.

New American Bible
Because of this, these two alone were spared from the six hundred thousand infantry, To lead the people into their heritage, the land flowing with milk and honey.

Douay-Rheims Bible
That the nations might know his power, that it is not easy to fight against God. And he followed the mighty one:

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That the nations might know his power, that it is not easy to fight against God. And he followed the mighty one:

Sirach 46:6
He called upon the most high Sovereign when the enemies assaulted him on every side, and the great and holy God heard him by hailstones of exceeding great force.

Sirach 46:7
He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries.

Sirach 46:9
And in the days of Moses he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephone, in standing against the enemy, and withholding the people from sins, and appeasing the wicked murmuring.

Sirach 46:10
And they two being appointed, were delivered out of the danger from among the number of six hundred thousand men on foot, to bring them into their inheritance, into the land that floweth with milk and honey.

Context
Sirach 46
7He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries. 8That the nations might know his power, that it is not easy to fight against God. And he followed the mighty one: 9And in the days of Moses he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephone, in standing against the enemy, and withholding the people from sins, and appeasing the wicked murmuring.…
Cross References
Sirach 46:6
He called upon the most high Sovereign when the enemies assaulted him on every side, and the great and holy God heard him by hailstones of exceeding great force.

Sirach 46:7
He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries.

Sirach 46:9
And in the days of Moses he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephone, in standing against the enemy, and withholding the people from sins, and appeasing the wicked murmuring.

Sirach 46:10
And they two being appointed, were delivered out of the danger from among the number of six hundred thousand men on foot, to bring them into their inheritance, into the land that floweth with milk and honey.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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