God’s Word Translation
Numbers 13:23
23When they came to the Eshcol Valley, they cut off a branch with only one bunch of grapes on it. They carried it on a pole between two of them. They also brought some pomegranates and figs.
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 explored the land from the Desert of Zin to the border of Hamath. 22They went through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai lived. They are descendants of Anak. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) When they came to the Eshcol Valley, they cut off a branch with only one bunch of grapes on it. They carried it on a pole between two of them. They also brought some pomegranates and figs. 24So they called that valley Eshcol [Bunch of Grapes] because of the bunch of grapes the Israelites cut off there. 25Forty days later, they came back from exploring the land.
Read all of Numbers 13Numbers 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 13:24So they called that valley Eshcol [Bunch of Grapes] because of the bunch of grapes the Israelites cut off there.
- Numbers 32:9They went as far as the Eshcol Valley and saw the land. But then they discouraged the rest of the Israelites from entering the land that the Lord had given them.
- Deuteronomy 1:24They left and went into the mountains. When they came to the Eshcol Valley, they explored it.
- Judges 16:4After ⌞leaving Gaza⌟, he fell in love with a woman in the Sorek Valley. Her name was Delilah.
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
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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
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