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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Numbers 13:1-33

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESNumbers 13:1-2. And the Lord spake unto Moses, &c.It appears from Deuteronomy 1:22-23, that the sending of the spies to search out the land was suggested by the people and approved by Moses; and here it is permitted by the Lord. God had commanded them to go and take possession of the land; and the motion to send the spies was an expression of their unbelief.Everyone a ruler among them. By a comparison of the names of these “rulers” with those of “the princes of... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Numbers 13:1-33

Chapter 13Now in chapter thirteen we get the story. Now, they come to Kadesh Barnea and they are now on the border ready to enter into the Promised Land. They had been about two years, a little over two years now in the wilderness. And now they've come to the place of entering in and possessing the land that God had promised to them. In coming to the borders of the land, Moses thought it would be wise to send spies into the land in order that they might travel through the land, look at the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Numbers 13:1-33

Numbers 13:11 . The tribe of Joseph. This verse seems deficient. Septri Manasseh; where the sense is, that the sceptre of Joseph was in the tribe of Manasseh. The Hebrew משׂה matta, signifies mace, rod, staff, &c., which the ancients were proud to preserve as the badge of princely descent and power. Numbers 13:16 . Joshua; literally, Jehoshua, or Jesus, as the LXX; that is, Saviour, who will save, or Saviour of the Lord. It is a compound of Jehovah; the Ιαω of the Greeks.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Numbers 13:1-20

Numbers 13:1-20Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan.Glimpses of the better landI. The search.II. The retreat,III. An emblem of God’s dealings with His people.1. The children of Israel were sent back to the wilderness on account of their sin.2. While they are sent in judgment, they go back of their own accord.3. Though the fruit of sin, and the token of God’s righteous displeasure, all was overruled for their good.4. Though chastened they are not cast off.(1) They are Divinely... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Numbers 13:1

Num 13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Ver. 1. And the Lord spake. ] Yielding to the people’s importunity, and winking at their infidelity; for he had before spied out the land for them, Eze 20:6 and searched it out, Deu 1:33 but that satisfied them not; seeing was, with them, believing. See Deuteronomy 1:22 . read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Numbers 13:1

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

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Numbers 13:1

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,Speak unto Moses — In answer to the peoples petition about it, as is evident from Deuteronomy 1:22. And it is probable, the people desired it out of diffidence of God's promise. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 13:1

1. Send thou men Although Canaan had been promised to the Israelites as a God-given inheritance on the condition of their fidelity, yet this promise did not render the means of conquest unnecessary. All the strategy of war was required, such as the ambuscade (Joshua 8:13) and spies, (Joshua 2:1,) in order to success. God’s promises are not designed to supersede, but to stimulate, human activity. Moreover, this reconnaissance afforded to the spies a test of faith in Jehovah, and their... read more