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Numbers 13:24
24The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from there.12
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)That place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster that the people of Israel cut down from 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.
Context of Numbers 13:24
22And they went up by the south, and came to Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were . (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 23And they came to the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from there. 25And they returned from searching the land after forty days. 26And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and 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
- placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
- calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
- brookנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · (Eshcol) ValleyH5158
- Eshcolאֶשְׁכֹּל'eshkôl · (Valley of) EshcolH812
- ofאוֹדָה'ôdôth 'ôdôth · causeH182
- grapesאֶשְׁכּוֹל'eshkôl 'eshkôl · clusterH811
- childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- downכָּרַתkârath · to cut: cutH3772
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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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