Numbers 14:7

They said to the Israeli people, “The land that we explored is very good.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.

In Context

6Joshua and Caleb, two of the men who had explored the land, tore their clothes because they were very dismayed.

8If Yahweh is pleased with us, he will lead us into that very fertile [IDM] land, and he will give it to us.

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Cross References

Numbers 13:27But this is what they reported to Moses/me: “We arrived in the land that you sent us to explore. It is truly a beautiful land, and it is very fertile [IDM]. Here is some of the fruit.

Deuteronomy 1:25They picked some of the fruit that they found there and brought it to us. They reported that the land that Yahweh our God was giving to us is very good/fertile.”

Deuteronomy 8:7He is about to bring you into a good/fertile land, which has streams which flow down from the hills and pour/flow out of springs in the valleys.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 14:6-11

The Expostulation of Joshua and Caleb. ( b. c. 1490.) 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. 6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: 7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. 8 If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it… Read the whole commentary →

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