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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Numbers 13:1-2

If we compare those verses with Deuteronomy 1:19-23 , we shall discover that, though as in this place it is said, that the LORD spake unto Moses concerning those spies, going to search the land, yet the thought originated in some of the people. The LORD himself had spied out the land for them long before, and declared it to be a good land, and had promised it to their fathers; but notwithstanding this, they chose to see it for themselves, and did not wish altogether to trust to the LORD. See... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Numbers 13:1

Pharan, at Rethma, chap. xxxiii. 48.; though Barradius confounds that station with that at Cades-barne. The Samaritan copy inserts here a long passage, taken probably from Deuteronomy i. 20, 21, and 22, which shews that the Hebrews first proposed the sending spies, out of timidity; which God severely punished in the sequel, though in his anger he here consents to their proposal, which seemed to originate in motives of prudence, ver. 3. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 13:1-20

1-20 A memorable and melancholy history is related in this and the following chapter, of the turning back of Israel from the borders of Canaan, and the sentencing them to wander and perish in the wilderness, for their unbelief and murmuring. It appears, Deuteronomy 1:22, that the motion to search out the land came from the people. They had a better opinion of their own policy than of God's wisdom. Thus we ruin ourselves by believing the reports and representations of sense rather than Divine... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Numbers 13:1-35

Num_13:1 Num_16:35 . At the opening of chapter 13 we find the people had moved northward and were camped on the confines of the Promised Land. From that spot, by the commandment of the Lord, a leading man from each tribe, except the tribe of Levi, was sent to search out the land they were to enter. This command evidently had a twofold bearing. In the first place, it was to act as an encouragement and incentive to the people by allowing their representatives to see for themselves the excellence... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Numbers 13:1-20

The Sending of the Spies v. 1. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, v. 2. Send thou men that they may search the land of Canaan, explore and inspect it from every angle, which I give unto the children of Israel; of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. The men were not to be identical with the princes of the tribes, as named Numbers 1:5-Nehemiah :, but they were, nevertheless, to be notable for ability and leadership. v. 3. And Moses, by the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Numbers 13:1-33

THIRD SECTIONThe Fall of the Old Generation in the Wilderness of Paran. The Spies. The Despondency, the Stubbornness and the JudgmentNumbers 13:1 to Numbers 14:45In this section we read the history of Israel in the wilderness in the narrower sense, the tragic history of their first cardinal and temporary rejection. God never rejected His entire people, though He did reject single generations of the nation in a conditional sense. This first time one generation died in the wilderness; another... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Numbers 13:1-20

the Spies Sent to Canaan Numbers 12:16 ; Numbers 13:1-20 By comparing the opening verses with Deuteronomy 1:19-22 , it appears that the suggestion about the spies emanated from the people, and that their proposal was graciously acquiesced in by God. But let us remember that it is a profound mistake to spy out or criticize the land or lot into which we are being led. We are almost certain to see the difficulties apart from the grace, and they sometimes appear to be insurmountable. It is... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Numbers 13:1-33

Here we have another story of failure. It is closely associated with the movement of the people toward the promised land. The hour had come in which they should go forward. In this account in Numbers it is stated sending the spies was in obedience to the divine command. However, a comparison of this with the reference to the matter in the first chapter of Deuteronomy will show that the command followed the people's determination to do this very thing. This was in itself an act of suspicion and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 13:1-16

Chapter 13 The Sending Out of Scouts and the Message They Brought Back. 1). The Scouts Sent Out (Numbers 13:1-16 ). The first section from Numbers 13:1-16 basically covers: a Yahweh’s command to send out men to spy out the land (Numbers 13:1-2 a). b The spies to be sent out one for each tribe (Numbers 13:2 b). c Moses at Yahweh’s command sends out spies (Numbers 13:3). b The names of those sent, one for each tribe (Numbers 13:4-15). a These are the names of thos sent out to spy out... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 13:1-33

Numbers 13:1-Micah : . The Espial of Canaan.— This narrative is marked by numerous discrepancies, due to its being a fusion of two accounts drawn from JE and P. In the one (JE) the spies start probably from Kadesh ( Numbers 13:26; Numbers 32:8, cf. Deuteronomy 1:19 f., Joshua 14:7), the survey is limited to the S. of Palestine ( Numbers 13:22 f.), and the report of the land is favourable, but of the inhabitants alarming ( Numbers 13:27-Joel :), Caleb alone dissenting from the latter... read more