Caleb's present claim at 85 — 'And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day eighty and five years old. Caleb is now 85 (forty when sent as spy, plus forty-five years of wilderness wandering and conquest). His survival through the entire wilderness period and conquest campaign is itself a sign of the LORD's faithfulness. The phrase 'hath kept me alive' (תֵּחַיֲנִי) reflects divine preservation of Caleb's life.

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