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
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