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

15and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 16These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; but Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua. When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he said to them, “Go up there into the Negev; then go up into the hill country. 18See what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many. 19And how is the land in which they live, is it good or bad? And how are the cities in which they live, are the people in open camps or in fortifications?

Numbers 13:17 word by word

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

• When Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• them to spyתּוּרtûr · to spyH8446
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Canaanכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · CanaanH3667
• he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to them, “Goעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• thereזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• Negevנֶ֫גֶבnegeb · NegebH5045
• into the hillהַרhar · mountain: hill countryH2022
• countryהַרhar · mountain: hill countryH2022

Cross-references for Numbers 13:17

• Numbers 13:21So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, at Lebo-hamath.
• Genesis 12:9Then Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev.
• Genesis 13:1So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him.
• Joshua 15:3Then it proceeded southward to the ascent of Akrabbim and continued to Zin, then went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea and continued to Hezron, and went up to Addar and turned to Karka.
• Judges 1:15She said to him, “Give me a blessing: since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me springs of water also.” So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
• Numbers 14:40In the morning, however, they got up early and went up to the ridge of the hill country, saying, “Here we are; and we will go up to the place which the Lord has promised, for we have sinned.”
• Genesis 14:10Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell into them. But those who survived fled to the hill country.
• Deuteronomy 1:44And the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do, and they scattered you from Seir to Hormah.
• Judges 1:9Afterward, the sons of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, and in the Negev, and in the lowland.

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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• Canaan; Canaanites
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• Caleb
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• Joshua
• Kadesh
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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