Numbers 13:25

Numbers 13:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
• New International Version (NIV)At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they returned from spying out the land after forty days.

Context of Numbers 13:25

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. 24They called that valley ‘Eshcol’ because of the large group of grapes that the Israelites cut down there. The men returned after they had explored the land for 40 days. 26The men came back to Kadesh in the Paran desert. They brought their message to Moses and Aaron and to all the Israelites there. They told them all about the land of Canaan and they showed its fruit to them. 27They said to Moses, ‘We went to look at the land where you sent us. It is certainly a land where there is plenty of food and drink, enough for everyone. This is some of its fruit.

Numbers 13:25 word by word

וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ מִתּ֣וּר הָאָ֑רֶץ מִקֵּ֖ץ אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they returnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• from searchingתּוּרtûr · to spyH8446
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• afterקֵץqêts · endH7093
• fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Numbers 13:25

• Numbers 14:33Your children will be shepherds in the desert for 40 years. Because you did not trust me, your children will have trouble. That will continue until all your dead bodies are lying in the desert.
• Exodus 24:18Moses went up the mountain and he went into the cloud. He stayed on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights.
• Exodus 34:28Moses was there on the mountain with the Lord for 40 days and 40 nights. He did not eat anything or drink anything during that time. He wrote the words of God's covenant on the flat stones. Those were God's ten special commands.

Commentaries on Numbers 13:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25After forty days - They had no doubt in this time explored the whole land. However, it was with the southern part that the Israelites expected to have to deal immediately: and accordingly it is that which is particularly referred to in the following verses, Hebron and its vicinity above all.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. 25-29The spies agreed the land was good, but most doubted Israel could conquer it. The strong and well-fed Canaanites had built fortified towns for protection.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

Topics related to Numbers 13:25

• Canaan
• Forty

In the dictionaries

• Caleb
• Exodus
• Kadesh
• Search
• Spies
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genealogy
• Genesis

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