Fourty yeers old was I] He was, with others, sent to spie the land two yeers after their coming out of Egypt, and after that they wandered in the wildernesse eight and thirty yeers, Deuteronomy 2:14. Whence it appeareth, that this was the seventh yeer after their coming into Canaan; and that they were above six yeers in conquering of it, seeing he was fourty yeers old when he was sent to spie the land, Joshua 14:7. in my heart] As I was perswaded in my heart to be true, that God would give unto us the land of Canaan.