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Numbers 13:18
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.
Numbers 13:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
- New International Version (NIV)See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many,
- New King James Version (NKJV)and see what the land is like: whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many;
Context of Numbers 13:18
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. 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. Look 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. 20See whether the land is able to make good food grow there, or not. See whether there are forests that grow there. Then try to get some fruit from the land and bring it back here.’ (It was the time of year for the first grapes to be ready to eat.)
Read all of Numbers 13Numbers 13:18 word by word
וּרְאִיתֶ֥ם אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ מַה־הִ֑וא וְאֶת־הָעָם֙ הַיֹּשֵׁ֣ב עָלֶ֔יהָ הֶחָזָ֥ק הוּא֙ הֲרָפֶ֔ה הַמְעַ֥ט ה֖וּא אִם־רָֽב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 13:18
- Exodus 3:8So now I have come down to save them from the power of the Egyptians. I will bring them out from Egypt to go to another land. That will be a good land and a big land. The land will give them plenty of good food and drink, enough for everyone. These are the nations who live there now: the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites.
- Ezekiel 34:14I will feed them in fields on Israel's mountains where grass grows. They will lie down in the good fields. They will eat the green grass that grows on the mountains.
Commentaries on Numbers 13:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18See the land, what it is - What sort of a Country it is; how situated; its natural advantages or disadvantages. And the people - whether they be strong or weak - Healthy, robust, hardy men; or little, weak, and pusillanimous.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. 1-331-2. The Lord spake unto Moses, Send thou men, that they may search the land, of Canaan--Compare De 1:22, whence it appears, that while the proposal of delegating confidential men from each tribe to explore the land of Canaan emanated from the people who petitioned for it, the measure received the special sanction of God, who granted their request at once as a trial, and a punishment of their distrust.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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