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Numbers 13:17
17Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan. He said to them, ‘Go north from here, through the Negev desert. Then continue to go north, into the place where there are hills.
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
15From Gad's tribe: Geuel, the son of Maki. 16Those are the names of the men that Moses sent to explore the land. Moses changed the name of Hoshea, the son of Nun, to Joshua. Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan. He said to them, ‘Go north from here, through the Negev desert. Then continue to go north, into the place where there are hills. 18Look at the land to see what it is like. See whether the people who live there are strong or weak. See whether few people or many people live there. 19See whether their land is good or bad. Look at the towns where the people live. See if they have strong walls or they are in the open.
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
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
- sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
- them to spy outתּוּרtûr · to spyH8446
- the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- of Canaanכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · CanaanH3667
- and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- unto them, Get you upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
- southwardנֶ֫גֶבnegeb · NegebH5045
- into the mountainהַרhar · mountain: hill countryH2022
Cross-references for Numbers 13:17
- Numbers 13:21So the men went and they explored the land of Canaan. They started in the desert called Zin, and they continued to Rehob, near Lebo-Hamath.
- Genesis 12:9Then Abram took his tent and he left that place. He continued to travel towards the Negev.
- Genesis 13:1Abram left Egypt and he travelled north to the Negev. He took his wife and everything that belonged to him. Lot also went with him.
- Joshua 15:3It went across the south side of the Scorpion Hill, to Zin. From the south it went up to Kadesh-Barnea, as far as Hebron. Their border continued past Addar, and it turned towards Karka.
- Judges 1:15She replied, ‘Please be kind and give me a special gift. You have given me some land in the Negev desert. Now please give me a place with springs so that I have water for the land.’ So Caleb gave her some land with springs, on high land and on low land.
- Numbers 14:40But the next morning, they got up early. They went up to the top of the hills near there. They said, ‘We have certainly done a bad thing. But now we are ready! We will go to the place that the Lord has promised to give to us.’
- Genesis 14:10The Valley of Siddim had many holes in the ground. The holes were filled with tar. The kings of Sodom and Gomorrah ran away. Some of their men fell into the deep tar. The other men ran away to the hills.
- Deuteronomy 1:44The Amorite people who lived in those hills came out to attack you. You ran away from them, as if they were a crowd of bees. They attacked you as you ran down into the country of Edom, all the way to Hormah.
- Judges 1:9Then they went to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, in the Negev and in the low hills in the west.
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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Commentaries on Numbers 13
- 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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