Numbers 13:1
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 34:17'These are the names of the men that shall take possession of the land for you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Deuteronomy 1:22And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said: 'Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us back word of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.'
Joshua 2:1And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies secretly, saying: 'Go view the land, and Jericho.' And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 13:1
It is a memorable and very melancholy story which is related in this and the following chapter, of the turning back of Israel from the borders of Canaan, when they were just ready to set foot in it, and the sentencing of them to wander and perish in the wilderness for their unbelief and murmuring. It is referred to Ps. xcv. 7 , &c., and improved for warning to Christians, Heb. iii. 7 , &c. In this chapter we have, I. The sending of twelve spies before them into Canaan, ver. 1-16 . II. The instructions given to… Read the whole commentary →