Numbers 13:18

See what the land is like. See if the people who live there are strong or weak. See if there are many people or only a few people.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

In Context

17Before Moses/I sent them to explore Canaan, he/I said to them, “Go through the southern part of Canaan, and then go north into the hilly area.

19Find out what kind of land they live in [RHQ]. Is it good or bad? Find out about the towns in which they live [RHQ]. Do they have walls around them or not?

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Cross References

Ezekiel 34:14It is as though I will allow them to graze in good pastures on the mountaintops. They will lie down in good ◄grazing areas/grassy fields► there [DOU].

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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