Shelach 14:38 · unit 1 — Yehoshua and Calev lived

Parashas Shelach · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 38

The Complete Passuk

וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ בִּן־נ֔וּן וְכָלֵ֖ב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּ֑ה חָיוּ֙ מִן־הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם הַהֹלְכִ֖ים לָת֥וּר אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

But Yehoshua son of Nun and Calev son of Yefunneh lived from among those men who went to scout the land.

Chabad.org — 14:38

Source Citation

Torah Temimah on חיו: they lived from the spies’ portion in the land.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תַּנְיָא: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְכָלֵב נָטְלוּ חֶלְקָם שֶׁל מְרַגְּלִים בָּאָרֶץ, דַּאֲמַר קְרָא ״וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן נוּן וְכָלֵב בֶּן יְפֻנֶּה חָיוּ מִן הָאֲנָשִׁים״ — מַאי ״חָיוּ״? שֶׁחָיוּ מֵחֶלְקָם.

English: It is taught: Yehoshua and Calev took the spies’ portion in the land, as the verse says “Yehoshua… and Calev… lived from those men” — what is “lived”? That they lived from their portion.

Type of Learning

Lexical reading of “lived from.”

What Is Learned

Surviving the spies means also inheriting their share of the land.