Numbers 13:17

Numbers 13:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
• New International Version (NIV)When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, “Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said to them, "Go up into the Negeb and go up into the hill country,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains,

Context of Numbers 13:17

15Geuel, son of Machi, from the tribe of Gad. 16These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore the land. But Moses gave Hoshea, son of Nun, the name Joshua. When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he told them, “Go through the Negev and then into the mountain region. 18See what the land is like and whether the people living there are strong or weak, few or many. 19Is the land they live in good or bad? Do their cities have walls around them or not?

Numbers 13:17 word by word

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח אֹתָם֙ מֹשֶׁ֔ה לָת֖וּר אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם עֲל֥וּ זֶה֙ בַּנֶּ֔גֶב וַעֲלִיתֶ֖ם אֶת־הָהָֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• them to spy outתּוּרtûr · to spyH8446
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Canaanכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · CanaanH3667
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto them, Get you upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• southwardנֶ֫גֶבnegeb · NegebH5045
• into the mountainהַרhar · mountain: hill countryH2022

Cross-references for Numbers 13:17

• Numbers 13:21So the men explored the land from the Desert of Zin to the border of Hamath.
• Genesis 12:9Abram kept moving toward the Negev.
• Genesis 13:1Abram left Egypt with his wife and everything he had and went to the Negev. Lot was with him.
• Joshua 15:3and goes south of the Akrabbim Pass. It then passes Zin and goes up south of Kadesh Barnea. From there it goes to Hezron, up to Addar, around to Karka,
• Judges 1:15She answered, “Give me a blessing. Since you’ve given me some dry land, also give me some springs.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.
• Numbers 14:40Early the next morning they headed into the mountain region. They said, “We have sinned. Now we’ll go to the place the Lord promised.”
• Genesis 14:10The valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. As the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell because of the tar pits, but the other kings fled to the hills.
• Deuteronomy 1:44The Amorites who lived there came out and attacked you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They defeated you, chasing you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
• Judges 1:9After that, the men of Judah went to fight the Canaanites who lived in the mountains, the Negev, and the foothills.

Commentaries on Numbers 13:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Southward - Rather, “by the Negeb,” or south-country; a well-defined tract of territory forming the southernmost and least fertile portion of the land of Canaan and of the subsequent inheritance of Judah. It extended northward from Kadesh to within a few miles of Hebron, and from the Dead Sea westward to the Mediterranean (see especially Joshua 15:21-32). Into the mountain - The hill-country of southern and central Canaan, mostly within the borders of…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. 1717. Get you up this way ... , and go up into the mountain--Mount Seir (De 1:2), which lay directly from Sinai across the wilderness of Paran, in a northeasterly direction into the southern parts of the promised land.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 13:17

• Canaan

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• Canaan
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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