Southward, i.e. into the southern part of Canaan, which was the nearest part, and the worst too, being dry and desert, Joshua 15:1,3 Jud 1:15 Psalms 126:4, and therefore fittest for them to enter and pass through with less observation. Into the mountain, i.e. into the mountainous country, and thence into the valleys, and so take an exact survey of the whole land.

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