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

15Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 16These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way southward, and go up to the mountain: 18And see the land, what it is ; and the people that dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many; 19And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;

Numbers 13:17 word by word

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

• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• outתּוּרtûr · to spyH8446
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• Canaanכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · CanaanH3667
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• southwardנֶ֫גֶבnegeb · NegebH5045
• mountainהַרhar · mountain: hill countryH2022

Cross-references for Numbers 13:17

• Numbers 13:21So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
• Genesis 12:9And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
• Genesis 13:1And Abram returned from Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
• Joshua 15:3And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended on the south side to Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and turned about to Karkaa:
• Judges 1:15And she said to him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
• Numbers 14:40And they rose early in the morning, and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we are here, and will go up to the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
• Genesis 14:10And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
• Deuteronomy 1:44And the Amorites, who dwelt on that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even to Hormah.
• Judges 1:9And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt on the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.

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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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