Numbers 13:21-25 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 13:21-25

We have here a short account of the survey which the spies made of the promised land. 1. They went quite through it, from Zin in the south, to Rehob, near Hamath, in the north, Num. 13:21. See Num. 34:3; 8. It is probable that they did not go altogether in a body, lest they should be suspected and taken up, which there would be the more danger of if the Canaanites knew (and one would think they could not but know) how near the Israelites were to them; but they divided themselves into several... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 13:21

So they went up and searched the land ,.... Went up the mountains as they were directed, and passed through the whole land; diligently inquired into everything material belonging to it, according to their instructions, and made their observations on it, and on the inhabitants, and their habitations: from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath ; this wilderness, from whence they went, seems to be the same with the wilderness of Paran, called Zin; perhaps from the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 13:22

And they ascended by the south ,.... When they returned, after they had searched the land, then they came into the south country again, which was in their way to Kadesh, where the camp of Israel remained; they are said to ascend, because of the hill country they again came to; for their coming to Hebron, and carrying a cluster of grapes from that place, not far from thence, was upon their return: and came unto Hebron ; which was in the hill country of Judea, in the tribe of Judah... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 13:23

And they came unto the brook of Eshcol ,.... Or "valley of Eshcol" F21 נחל "vallem", Pagninus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius. , which is here so called by anticipation from the following circumstance; and perhaps had not this name given it, until the children of Israel were possessed of the land, and then they called it so, in memory of what was done here at this time; it was not far from Hebron, as may be concluded from thence; and so Jerom, relating the travels of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 13:24

The place was called the brook of Eshcol ,.... That is, in later times: because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence ; the word "Eschol" signifying a "cluster"; and this cluster was typical of Christ, who may be compared to this, as he is to a cluster of camphire, Song of Solomon 1:14 ; there being in him a "cluster" of all perfections, of all the perfections of deity, the whole fulness of the Godhead dwelling bodily in him; and of all human... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 13:25

And they returned from searching the land after forty days. The Targum of Jonathan adds, on the eighth day of the month Ab, which answers to part of July and part of August; so that this must be towards the latter end of July: some Jewish writers F11 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 8. p. 24. say it was the ninth of Ab; hence the tradition, that it was decreed on the ninth of Ab concerning their fathers, that they should not enter into the land F12 Misn. Taanith, c. 4. sect. 7. . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 13:21

From the wilderness of Zin - The place called; צן Tsin , here, is different from that called סין Sin or Seen . Exodus 16:1 ; the latter was nigh to Egypt, but the former was near Kadesh Barnea, not far from the borders of the promised land. "The spies having left Kadesh Barnea, which was in the desert of Paran, see Numbers 13:26 , they proceeded to the desert of Tsin , all along the land of Canaan, nearly following the course of the river Jordan, till they came to Rehob, a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 13:22

Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt - The Zoan of the Scriptures is allowed to be the Tanis of the heathen historians, which was the capital of Lower Egypt. Some think it was to humble the pride of the Egyptians, who boasted the highest antiquity, that this note concerning the higher antiquity of Hebron was introduced by Moses. Some have supposed that it is more likely to have been originally a marginal note, which in process of time crept into the text; but all the versions... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 13:23

They bare it between two upon a staff - It would be very easy to produce a great number of witnesses to prove that grapes in the promised land, and indeed in various other hot countries, grow to a prodigious size. By Calmet, Scheuchzer, and Harmer, this subject has been exhausted, and to these I may refer the reader. Pliny mentions bunches of grapes in Africa each of which was larger than an infant. Radzvil saw at Rhodes bunches of grapes three quarters of an ell in length, each grape as... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 13:22

Verse 22 22.And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron. Their direct course was not, indeed, towards the south, but they proceeded along the southern border, until they came to Rehob and Hamath, after having passed the mountains. Hebron, however, in which Abraham had sojourned, is specified from amongst the other cities; and it is probable that the three sons of the giant, who are here named, were in possession of that city. But some think that Anak is not a proper name, and is used,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 13:21-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 13:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 13:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 13:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 13:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 13:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 13:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 13:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 13:23

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 13:22

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