Numbers 26 - Men of faith

In this passage God instructs Moses and Eleazar to take a census of the whole Israelite community by familes and count those over the age of twenty who can fight in the army. If we are being honest it's one of those parts of the Bible that we may not find that exciting. However, the last three verses are interesting in that it is revealed that not one of those people who were counted in the previous census by Moses and Aaron had survived. God had allowed that generation to die in the desert, but with the exception of Caleb and Joshua. These were the two men of faith who believed that God would lead them into the promise land and were not scared of the giants in there as detailed in Numbers chapters 13 & 14.

Caleb was certainly an exceptional man and in Numbers 14:24 God had said, ".......my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly." How we need those sort of believers today!