Numbers 13:23

Numbers 13:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
• New International Version (NIV)When they reached the Valley of Eshkol, they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates and figs.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they came to the Valley of Eshcol and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; they also brought some pomegranates and figs.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and there cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they carried it between two of them on a pole. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.

Context of Numbers 13:23

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. 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. Then 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. 24They called that valley ‘Eshcol’ because of the large group of grapes that the Israelites cut down there. 25The men returned after they had explored the land for 40 days.

Numbers 13:23 word by word

וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ עַד־נַ֣חַל אֶשְׁכֹּ֗ל וַיִּכְרְת֨וּ מִשָּׁ֤ם זְמוֹרָה֙ וְאֶשְׁכּ֤וֹל עֲנָבִים֙ אֶחָ֔ד וַיִּשָּׂאֻ֥הוּ בַמּ֖וֹט בִּשְׁנָ֑יִם וּמִן־הָרִמֹּנִ֖ים וּמִן־הַתְּאֵנִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto the brookנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · (Eshcol) ValleyH5158
• of Eshcolאֶשְׁכֹּל'eshkôl · (Valley of) EshcolH812
• and cut downכָּרַתkârath · to cut: cutH3772
• from thence a branchזְמוֹרָהzemôrâh zemôrâh zemôr · branchH2156
• with oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• clusterאֶשְׁכּוֹל'eshkôl 'eshkôl · clusterH811
• of grapesעֵנָב‛ênâb · grapeH6025
• and they bareנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• it between twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• upon a staffמוֹטmôţ · yokeH4132
• of the pomegranatesרִמּוֹןrimmôn rimmôn · pomegranateH7416
• and of the figsתְּאֵנָהte'ên te'ênâh · figH8384

Cross-references for Numbers 13:23

• Numbers 13:24They called that valley ‘Eshcol’ because of the large group of grapes that the Israelites cut down there.
• Numbers 32:9They went to Eshcol valley and they saw the land. But they told the Israelites that it was not a good idea to go into Canaan. So the people did not go into the land that the Lord had given to them.
• Deuteronomy 1:24They left and went up into the hill country. They came to Eshcol valley and they explored it.
• Judges 16:4Some time later, Samson met a woman who was called Delilah. She lived in Sorek valley. Samson loved her.

Commentaries on Numbers 13:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23They bare it between two upon a staff - It would be very easy to produce a great number of witnesses to prove that grapes in the promised land, and indeed in various other hot countries, grow to a prodigious size. By Calmet, Scheuchzer, and Harmer, this subject has been exhausted, and to these I may refer the reader. Pliny mentions bunches of grapes in Africa each of which was larger than an infant. Radzvil saw at Rhodes bunches of grapes three quarters…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23The brook of Eshcol is by some identified with the rich valley immediately to the north of Hebron; (but by others with Wady Hanein to the south of Hebron). The valley was, in all likelihood, originally named after one of the three chiefs who were confederate with Abraham Genesis 14:24; but, as often came to pass, the Israelites, wittingly or unwittingly, took up in a new and significant sense the name which they found; and to them the valley thus became…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. 21-24The spies explored the land of Canaan. In contrast to the Sinai wilderness, it was rich and fertile.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 13:23

• Canaan
• Eshcol
• Fig
• Pomegranate

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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