English Standard Version
Numbers 13:24
24That place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster that the people of Israel cut down from there.
Numbers 13:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
- New International Version (NIV)That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down there.
- New Living Translation (NLT)That place was called the valley of Eshcol (which means “cluster”), because of the cluster of grapes the Israelite men cut there.
Context of Numbers 13:24
22They went up into the Negeb and came to Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 23And 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. That place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster that the people of Israel cut down from there. 25At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land. 26And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
Read all of Numbers 13Numbers 13:24 word by word
לַמָּק֣וֹם הַה֔וּא קָרָ֖א נַ֣חַל אֶשְׁכּ֑וֹל עַ֚ל אֹד֣וֹת הָֽאֶשְׁכּ֔וֹל אֲשֶׁר־כָּרְת֥וּ מִשָּׁ֖ם בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
- was calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
- the brookנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · (Eshcol) ValleyH5158
- Eshcolאֶשְׁכֹּל'eshkôl · (Valley of) EshcolH812
- because ofאוֹדָה'ôdôth 'ôdôth · causeH182
- the cluster of grapesאֶשְׁכּוֹל'eshkôl 'eshkôl · clusterH811
- which the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- cut downכָּרַתkârath · to cut: cutH3772
Cross-references for Numbers 13:24
Commentaries on Numbers 13:24
- 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
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- 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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