Caleb, along with Joshua, was the only person to give a favourable report of the land (see Numbers 13:30; Numbers 14:6–9). He was sent to explore the land of Canaan and produce a report on the number and size of the inhabitants, their cities, and the prosperity of the land (Numbers 13:17–20).
7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.