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Hebrew Names Version

Numbers 13:1

The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy Land;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Kadesh or Kadesh-Barnea;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Joshua the son of nun;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hexateuch;   Israel;   Joshua;   Judah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joshua (2);   Numbers, Book of;   Pentateuch, the Samaritan;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bemidbar Rabbah;   Deuteronomy;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord said to Moses,
New English Translation
The Lord spoke to Moses:
Amplified Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said to Moses,
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai said to Moshe,
Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to Moses,
English Standard Version
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
George Lamsa Translation
THE LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord spoke to Moses:
Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, & sayde:
American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And afterwards the people set forth from Aseroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Pharan.
English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD said to Moses,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And there the Lord spak to Moises,
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
New King James Version
Deuteronomy 1:19-33">[xr] And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
New Living Translation
The Lord now said to Moses,
New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses,
New Revised Standard
The Lord said to Moses,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(13-2) And there the Lord spoke to Moses, saying.
Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Moses,
THE MESSAGE
God spoke to Moses: "Send men to scout out the country of Canaan that I am giving to the People of Israel. Send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a tried-and-true leader in the tribe."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses saying,

Contextual Overview

1 The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying, 2 Send you men, that they may spy out the land of Kana`an, which I give to the children of Yisra'el: of every tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, everyone a prince among them. 3 Moshe sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the mitzvah of the LORD: all of them men who were heads of the children of Yisra'el. 4 These were their names: Of the tribe of Re'uven, Shammua the son of Zakkur. 5 Of the tribe of Shim`on, Shafat the son of Hori. 6 Of the tribe of Yehudah, Kalev the son of Yefunneh. 7 Of the tribe of Yissakhar, Yig'al the son of Yosef. 8 Of the tribe of Efrayim, Hoshea the son of Nun. 9 Of the tribe of Binyamin, Palti the son of Rafu. 10 Of the tribe of Zevulun, Gaddi'el the son of Sodi.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Numbers 10:31 - forasmuch Numbers 20:1 - Then Deuteronomy 1:22 - We will send Deuteronomy 9:23 - Likewise

Cross-References

Genesis 13:9
Isn't the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left."
Genesis 20:1
Avraham journeyed from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He sojourned in Gerar.
Genesis 21:33
Avraham planted a tamarisk tree in Be'er-Sheva, and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.
Joshua 10:40
So Yehoshua struck all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, commanded.
Joshua 18:5
They shall divide it into seven portions: Yehudah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Yosef shall abide in their border on the north.
1 Samuel 27:10
Akhish said, Against whom have you made a raid today? David said, Against the South of Yehudah, and against the South of the Yerachme'eli, and against the South of the Kinim.
2 Samuel 24:7
and came to the stronghold of Tzor, and to all the cities of the Hivvi, and of the Kana`anim; and they went out to the south of Yehudah, at Be'er-Sheva.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord Spake unto Moses,.... When in the wilderness of Paran, either at Rithmah or Kadesh; this was on the twenty ninth day of the month Sivan, on which day, the Jews say o, the spies were sent to search the land, which was a scheme of the Israelites' own devising, and which they first proposed to Moses, who approved of it as prudential and political, at least he gave his assent unto it to please the people, and carried the affair to the Lord, and consulted him about it; who, rather permitting than approving, gave the following order; for the motion carried in it a good deal of unbelief, calling in question whether the land was so good as had been represented unto them, fearing it was not accessible, and that it would be difficult to get into it, and were desirous of knowing the best way of getting into it before they proceeded any further; all which were unnecessary, if they would have fully trusted in the Lord, in his word, promise, power, providence, and guidance; who had told them it was a land flowing with milk and honey; that he would show them the way to it, by going before them in a pillar of cloud and fire; that he would assuredly bring them into it, having espied it for them, and promised it unto them; so that there was no need on any account for them to send spies before them; however, to gratify them in this point, he assented to it:

saying; as follows.

o Ib. ut supra, (Seder Olam Rabba, c. 8. p. 24. & Meyer. Annotat. in ib. p. 338.) Pesikta, Chaskuni.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake - The mission of the spies was first suggested by the Israelites themselves. See Deuteronomy 1:22.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XIII

Twelve men, one out of every tribe, are sent to examine the

nature and state of the land of Canaan, 1-3.

Their names, 4-16.

Moses gives them particular directions, 17-20.

They proceed on their journey, 21, 22.

Come to Eshcol, and cut down a branch with a cluster of grapes,

which they bear between two of them upon a staff, 23, 24.

After forty days they return to Paran, from searching the land,

and show to Moses and the people the fruit they had brought with

them, 25, 26.

Their report-they acknowledge that the land is good, but that

the inhabitants are such as the Israelites cannot hope to

conquer, 27-29.

Caleb endeavours to do away the bad impression made, by the

report of his fellows, upon the minds of the people, 30.

But the others persist in their former statement, 31:

and greatly amplify the difficulties of conquest, 32, 33.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIII


 
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