1 The names of the men who were sent to search the land
17 Their instructions
21 Their acts
26 Their relation

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.

send thou Nu 32:8 De 1:22-25 Jos 2:1

of every Nu 1:4 34:18

a ruler Nu 11:16 Ex 18:25 De 1:15

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.

The wilderness of Paran, says Dr. Wells, seems to have been taken in a larger, and in a stricter sense. In the larger sense, it seems to have denoted all the desert and mountainous tract, lying between the wilderness of Shur westward, and mount Seir, or the land of Edom, eastward, the land of Canaan northward, and the Red sea southward. And in this sense, it seems to have comprehended the wilderness of Sin, and the wilderness of Sinai, also the adjoining tract wherein lay Kibroth-hattaavah and Hazeroth. In this sense it may be understood in De. 1:19, where, by 'that great and terrible wilderness,' is intended the wilderness of Paran in its largest acceptation; for, in its stricter acceptation, it seems not to have been so great and terrible a wilderness' but is taken to denote more peculiarly that part of Arabia Petraea which lies between mount Sinai and Hazeroth west, and mount Seir east. Nu 12:16 32:8 De 1:19,23 9:23

4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.

6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Caleb Nu 13:10 14:6,24,30,38 26:65 27:15-23 34:19 De 31:7-17 Jos 14:6-15 15:13-19 Lu 1:10-15 1Ch 4:15

7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.

8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.

Oshea Nu 13:16 11:28 27:18-22 Ex 17:9-13 24:13 32:17 De 31:7,8,14,23 34:9 Jos 1:1-9,16 24:1

9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.

10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.

11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.

12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.

13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.

14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.

15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.

16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

Oshea Ho 1:1 Ro 9:25

Jehoshua Nu 13:8 14:6,30 Ex 17:9 Mt 1:21-23 Ac 7:45 Heb 4:8

17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:

southward Nu 13:21,22 Ge 12:9 13:1 Jos 15:3 Jud 1:15

the mountain Nu 14:40 Ge 14:10 De 1:44 Jud 1:9,19

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

Ex 3:8 Eze 34:14

19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;

20 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 first ripe grapes.

whether it be Ne 9:25,35 Eze 34:14

good courage Nu 13:30,31 De 31:6-8,23 Jos 1:6,9 2:3,22,23 1Ch 22:11 Heb 13:6

the first-ripe Nu 13:23,24 Mic 7:1

21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

from the wilderness of Zin. The wilderness of Zin, is different from that called Sin. The latter was near Egypt, but the former was near Kadesh Barnea, not far from the borders of Canaan. It seems to be the valley mentioned by Burckhardt; which, under the names of El Ghor and El Araba, form a continuation of the valley of the Jordan, extending from the Dead Sea to the eastern branch of the Red Sea. The whole plain presents to the view an appearance of shifting sands, whose surface is broken by innumerable undulations and low hills. A few talk, tamarisk, and rethem trees grow among the sand hills; but the depth of sand precludes all vegetation of herbage. Nu 20:1 27:14 33:36 34:3,4 De 32:51 Jos 15:1

Rehob. Rehob was a city, afterwards given to the tribe of Asher, situated near mount Lebanon, at the northern extremity of the Promised Land, on the road which leads to Hamath, and west of Laish or Dan Jud 1:31 18:28 Jos 19:28

Hamath 2Sa 8:9 Am 6:2

22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Ahiman Jos 11:21,22 15:13,14 Jud 1:10

the children Nu 13:33

Hebron Ge 13:18 23:2 Jos 14:13-15 21:13 2Sa 2:1,11

Zoan Ps 78:12,43 Isa 19:11 30:4

23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.

brook. or valley Nu 13:24 32:9 De 1:24,25 Jud 16:4

24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

brook or valley Nu 13:23

Eshcol. that is a cluster of grapes

25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

forty days Nu 14:33,34 Ex 24:18 34:28

26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.

unto the wilderness Nu 13:3

Kadesh Nu 20:1,16 32:8 33:36 De 1:19 Jos 14:6

27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

Nu 14:8 Ex 3:8,17 13:5 33:3 Le 20:24 De 1:25 6:3 11:9 26:9,11-15 27:3 31:20 Jos 5:6 Jer 11:5 32:22 Eze 20:6,15

28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

strong De 1:28 2:10,11,21 3:5 9:1,2

saw the Nu 13:22,23,33 Jos 11:22 15:14 Jud 1:20

29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

Amalekites Nu 14:43 24:20 Ge 14:7 Ex 17:8-16 Jud 6:3 1Sa 14:48 15:3 30:1 Ps 83:7

the Hittites Ge 15:19-21 Ex 3:8,17

30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

Nu 14:6-9,24 Jos 14:6-8 Ps 27:1,2 60:12 118:10,11 Isa 41:10-16 Ro 8:31,37 Php 4:13 Heb 11:33

31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

Nu 32:9 De 1:28 Jos 14:8 Heb 3:19

32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

brought Nu 14:36,37 De 1:28 Mt 23:13

a land Nu 13:28 Eze 36:13 Am 2:9

men of a greater stature. Heb. men of statures 2Sa 21:20 1Ch 20:6

33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

saw the giants Nu 13:22 De 1:28 2:10 3:11 9:2 1Sa 17:4-7 2Sa 21:20-22 1Ch 11:23

and we were 1Sa 17:42 Isa 40:22