As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
I am still as strong today as I was when Moses first sent me out. My strength then is the same as my strength now—I'm still ready for battle, to march out and march back in.
Caleb is declaring that at 85 years old, God has kept him just as strong and ready for action as he was 45 years earlier when he was a spy.
📚 Historical Context
This is 85-year-old Caleb speaking to Joshua, claiming his inheritance in the Promised Land. Forty-five years earlier, Caleb had been one of twelve spies sent to scout out Canaan, and unlike the other ten spies, he and Joshua had trusted God's promise to give them victory. Now, after decades of wandering and warfare, Caleb is claiming the mountain territory God had promised him.
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