Numbers 13:20

Is the soil productive or not? Is it forested? Be brave, and bring back some of the country's fruit.” (It was the beginning of the grape harvest.)

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In The King James Version

And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.

In Context

19Is the land where they're living good or bad? Are their towns like open camps, or do they have defensive walls?

21So the men went and explored the land all the way from the Desert of Zin to Rehob, bear Lebo-hamath.

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Cross References

Numbers 13:23When they arrived at the Valley of Eshcol they chopped down a branch that had just one bunch of grapes. They had to carry it on a pole held between two men. They also collected some pomegranates and figs.

Deuteronomy 1:25They brought back some of the country's fruit, carrying it down to us, and gave us the report: “The Lord our God is giving us good land.”

Deuteronomy 31:7Moses called for Joshua and told him in front of all the Israelites, “Be strong!! Be brave! You will accompany this people into the country that the Lord promised to give their forefathers, and you are to allocate it for them to own.

Joshua 1:6Be strong! Be brave! You will be the people's leader as they occupy the land I promised their ancestors that I would give them.

Joshua 2:1Then Joshua, son of Nun, secretly sent out two spies from Shittim. “Go and explore the land, especially around Jericho,” he told them. So they went, and stayed at the house of woman named Rahab, a prostitute. There they spent the night.

Joshua 2:22They went up into the hill country and stayed there three days. The men searching for them looked all along the road, but couldn't find them, so they returned home.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 13:2-21

Missions of the Twelve Spies. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, 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. 3 And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel. 4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. 5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat… Read the whole commentary →

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