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Numbers 13:17
17And Moses sent them to search out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the south and go up into the hill-country,
Numbers 13:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
- New International Version (NIV)When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, “Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said to them, "Go up into the Negeb and go up into the hill country,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains,
Context of Numbers 13:17
15for the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 16These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to search out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Jehoshua. And Moses sent them to search out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the south and go up into the hill-country, 18and ye shall see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many; 19and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;
Read all of Numbers 13Numbers 13:17 word by word
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח אֹתָם֙ מֹשֶׁ֔ה לָת֖וּר אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם עֲל֥וּ זֶה֙ בַּנֶּ֔גֶב וַעֲלִיתֶ֖ם אֶת־הָהָֽר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Numbers 13:17
- Numbers 13:21And they went up, and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, where one comes towards Hamath.
- Genesis 12:9And Abram moved onward, going on still toward the south.
- Genesis 13:1And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, towards the south.
- Joshua 15:3and it went out south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed on to Zin, and went up on the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed to Hezron, and went up toward Addar, and turned toward Karkaah,
- Judges 1:15And she said to him, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a southern land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
- Numbers 14:40And they rose up early in the morning, and went up to the hill-top, saying, Here are we, and we will go up to the place of which Jehovah has spoken; for we have sinned.
- Genesis 14:10And the vale of Siddim was full of pits of asphalt. And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there: and they that remained fled to the mountain.
- Deuteronomy 1:44And the Amorite that dwelt on that hill came out against you, and chased you, like as bees do, and cut you in pieces in Seir, as far as Hormah.
- Judges 1:9And afterwards the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the hill-country, and in the south, and in the lowland.
Commentaries on Numbers 13:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Southward - Rather, “by the Negeb,” or south-country; a well-defined tract of territory forming the southernmost and least fertile portion of the land of Canaan and of the subsequent inheritance of Judah. It extended northward from Kadesh to within a few miles of Hebron, and from the Dead Sea westward to the Mediterranean (see especially Joshua 15:21-32). Into the mountain - The hill-country of southern and central Canaan, mostly within the borders of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-20The scouting mission had a clear military purpose. The spies also needed to gather information about natural resources and food. These things were concerning to the Israelites since they left Egypt (chapter 11; Exodus 16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Get you up this way ... , and go up into the mountain--Mount Seir (De 1:2), which lay directly from Sinai across the wilderness of Paran, in a northeasterly direction into the southern parts of the promised land.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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