Numbers 13:21

Numbers 13:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
• New International Version (NIV)So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo Hamath.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo-hamath.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath.

Context of Numbers 13:21

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.) So 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. 22When they had gone up through the Negev desert in the south of the land, they arrived at Hebron. That was where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were living. They had built Hebron seven years before the Egyptians built Zoan. 23Then the men came to the valley called Eshcol. They cut a branch which had one group of grapes on it. It was so large that two men carried it between them on a pole. They also brought some other fruits called pomegranates and figs.

Numbers 13:21 word by word

וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ וַיָּתֻ֣רוּ אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ מִמִּדְבַּר־צִ֥ן עַד־רְחֹ֖ב לְבֹ֥א חֲמָֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So they went upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• and searchedתּוּרtûr · to spyH8446
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• from the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• of Zinצִןtsin · ZinH6790
• unto Rehobרְחוֹבrechôb rechôb · RehobH7340
• as men comeלְב֥וֹאbô' · Lebo-(Hamath)H935
• to Hamathחֲמָתchămâth · HamathH2574

Cross-references for Numbers 13:21

• Numbers 20:1In the first month, the Israelites came to the Zin desert. They put up their tents at Kadesh. Miriam died there and the people buried her.
• Numbers 27:14In the Zin desert, when the people turned against me, you did not obey my command. That happened when you hit the rock to get water at Meribah Kadesh. You did not show the people that I was holy, so now you will not go into the land of Canaan.’
• Numbers 33:36They travelled from Ezion-Geber and they made their camp at Kadesh in the Zin desert.
• Numbers 34:3The south edge will start at the Zin desert and it will go along the border of Edom land. It will continue to the east, and it will reach the south end of the Salt Sea.
• Deuteronomy 32:51Both of you refused to obey me at the waters of Meribah Kadesh, in the Zin desert. You did not show the Israelites that you respected me as God.
• Joshua 15:1This is the land that Joshua gave to the tribe of Judah, clan by clan. Their land went south along the border of Edom, as far as the wilderness of Zin in the Negev.
• Judges 1:31The men of Asher's tribe could not chase out the Canaanites who lived in Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek and Rehob.
• Judges 18:28No one came to rescue the people of Laish. The city was a long way from Sidon. They had no other friends to help them. Laish was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites built the city again and they lived there.
• Joshua 19:28It went to Abdon, Rehob, Hammon and Kanah, as far as Great Sidon.
• 2 Samuel 8:9Toi, the king of Hamath, heard news that David had won the battle against the whole army of Hadadezer.
• Amos 6:2Go and look at Calneh city. And go and look at Hamath city. Then go and look at Gath city, where the Philistines live. Are your cities stronger than their cities? Do you have more land than they do?

Commentaries on Numbers 13:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21From the wilderness of Zin - The place called; צן Tsin, here, is different from that called סין Sin or Seen . Exodus 16:1; the latter was nigh to Egypt, but the former was near Kadesh Barnea, not far from the borders of the promised land. "The spies having left Kadesh Barnea, which was in the desert of Paran, see Numbers 13:26, they proceeded to the desert of Tsin, all along the land of Canaan, nearly following the course of the river Jordan, till they…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21The wilderness of Zin was the northeastern portion of the wilderness of Paran. Rehob (“mod.” Khurbeh) was probably the Beth-rehob of Judges 18:28, near Dan-Laish; and apparently to the north of it, since it gave its name to a Syrian kingdom 2 Samuel 8:3. The southern approach to Hamath from the plain of Coele-Syria, lay between those two ranges of Lebanon called Libanus and Antilibanus. A low screen of hills connects the northernmost points of these two…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-25Verses 21-25 The searchers of the land brought a bunch of grapes with them, and other fruits, as proofs of the goodness of the country; which was to Israel both the earnest and the specimen of all the fruits of Canaan. Such are the present comforts we have in communion with God, foretastes of the fulness of joy we expect in the heavenly Canaan. We may see by them what heaven is.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21The distance from the Wilderness of Zin to Lebo-hamath in Syria was about 275 miles. The Wilderness of Zin was between the wilderness of Paran and Canaan's southern border see 34:3–5; Joshua 15:1–4). Lebo-hamath means "entrance of Hamath." This could refer to a mountain pass or a city near Hamath. The exact location of Rehob is unclear. But it was probably the same as Old Testament Beth-rehob, near a major route to Hamath. This text outlines the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2421-24. So they ... searched the land--They advanced from south to north, reconnoitering the whole land. the wilderness of Zin--a long level plain, or deep valley of sand, the monotony of which is relieved by a few tamarisk and rethem trees. Under the names of El Ghor and El Araba, it forms the continuation of the Jordan valley, extending from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Akaba. Rehob--or, Beth-rehob, was a city and district situated, according to some…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 13:21

• Canaan
• Hamath
• Rehob
• Zin

In the dictionaries

• Hamath
• Hamath, Hamathites, Lebo Hamath
• Caleb
• Exodus
• Kadesh
• Rehob
• Search
• Spies
• Zin
• Agrapha

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