Then Moses spoke to the Lord, saying,
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
for in the wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to treat Me as holy before their eyes at the water.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
“May the Lord, the God of the spirits of humanity, appoint a man over the congregation,
