Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Numbers 13:33
i.e. Small and contemptible.
i.e. Small and contemptible.
Verse Numbers 13:33. _THERE WE SAW THE GIANTS_] נפלים _nephilim_. It is evident that they had seen a robust, sturdy, warlike race of men, and of great stature; for the asserted fact is not denied by J...
4. AT KADESH-BARNEA AND ISRAEL'S UNBELIEF CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The command to search out the land (Numbers 13:1)_ 2. The names of the spies (Numbers 13:4) 3. Directions given (Numbers 13:17) 4.
THE ESPIAL OF CANAAN. This narrative is marked by numerous discrepancies, due to its being a fusion of two accounts drawn from JE and P. In the one (JE) the spies start probably from Kadesh (Numbers 1...
GIANTS. Hebrew. _nephilim._ Those mentioned in Genesis 6:4 were all destroyed in the Flood; these came from. second irruption of fallen angels, "after that": i.e. after "those days". the days of Noah....
C. SURVEY AND REPORT vv. 21-33 TEXT Numbers 13:21. So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. 22. And they ascended by the south, and came unt...
_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._ Giants, the sons of Anak. The name is derived f...
THE SENDING OF THE SPIES AND THEIR REPORT 8. Oshea] RV 'Hoshea,' meaning 'help' or 'salvation.' Joshua, or Jehoshua (Numbers 13:16), means 'Jehovah is my help': see on Exodus 17:9....
THE GIANTS] Heb. the _Nephilim_. The word is found only here and in Genesis 6:4. The report of the spies is of course exaggerated, but the original inhabitants seem to have been of unusual stature and...
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 13 MOSES SENDS 12 MEN INTO THE COUNTRY CALLED CANAAN – NUMBERS 13:1-24 V1 The *LORD said to Moses, v2
AND THERE WE SAW THE GIANTS. — The same word, _nephilim._ is here used which is found in Genesis 6:4. See Note _in loc._...
וְ שָׁ֣ם רָאִ֗ינוּ אֶת ־הַ נְּפִילִ֛ים בְּנֵ֥
THE SPIES AND THEIR REPORT Numbers 13:1; Numbers 14:1 Two narratives at least appear to be united in the thirteenth and fourteenth Chapter s. From Numbers 13:17;...
THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY REPORTS Numbers 13:21 It was August. Eshcol lay southeast of Hebron. Its sloping hills were covered with choice grapevines, the clusters of which weighed ten to twelve pound...
Here we have another story of failure. It is closely associated with the movement of the people toward the promised land. The hour had come in which they should go forward. In this account in Numbers...
Spoke ill, &c. These men, who, by their misrepresentations of the land of promise, discouraged the Israelites from attempting the conquest of it, were a figure of worldlings, who, by decrying or misre...
REFLECTIONS MY soul! in the sad picture this representation holds up to thy view of unbelieving, distrustful Israel, do thou behold a true image of thyself. Hath not my GOD and FATHER promised to brin...
The previous portion of the Book of Numbers, viewed as a history, has evidently a prefatory character, however important and divinely wise. It is in a great measure preparatory for that which we have...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14. Next, the pleasant land is despised. I shall here call the attention of the reader to some points mentioned on this subject in other parts of the B...
AND THERE WE SAW THE GIANTS,.... Not throughout the land, and yet it is so expressed, and in such connection with what goes before, that it might be so understood, and as they might choose it should;...
_We were in our own sight as grasshoppers_ Thus their fear magnified these sons of Anak above measure, so that in comparison of them they thought themselves as weak and contemptible as insignificant i...
1 The names of the men who were sent to search the land. 17 Their instructions. 21 Their actes. 26 Their relation. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Send thou men, that they may search t...
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. Thus the exaggerations of the cowards rose to a cl...
THE EXPLORATION OF THE SPIES AND THEIR REPORT...
SPIES SENT TO CANAAN (vs.1-25) As Israel drew nearer to Canaan, God instructed Moses to send a man from each of the 12 tribes to spy out the land Canaan (vs.1-2). If we compare this to Deuteronomy 1:...
26-33 We may wonder that the people of Israel staid forty days for the return of their spies, when they were ready to enter Canaan, under all the assurances of success they could have from the Divine...
"And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 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...
Numbers 13:33 saw H7200 (H8804) giants H5303 descendants H1121 Anak H6061 giants H5303) grasshoppers H2284 sight H5869
CONTENTS: Spies sent into Kadesh-barnea, and their report. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Caleb, Joshua. CONCLUSION: Faith looks at difficulties through God but unbelief looks through difficulties at God....
Numbers 13:11. _The tribe of Joseph._ This verse seems deficient. _Septri Manasseh;_ where the sense is, that the sceptre of Joseph was in the tribe of Manasseh. The Hebrew משׂה _matta,_ signifies mac...
_They brought up an evil report._ THE REPORT OF THE SPIES I. God’s promises will always bear investigation. It is true that none of us has entered heaven; but Jesus, who has gone on in advance to tak...
HOW TO BE A HERO We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. Numbers 13:33. The Lord is with us: fear them not. Numbers 14:9. Today I want to tell you three stories. Th...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 13:25 The spies’ report covers the same events described in vv. Numbers 13:17. But while the earlier account is straightforward and factual, the spies’ account is vivid and
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 13:1. _And the Lord spake unto Moses_, &c. It appears from Deuteronomy 1:22, that the sending of the spies to search out the land was suggested by the people an...
EXPOSITION THE REBELLION AT KADESH (Numbers 13:1, Numbers 14:1). NUMBERS 13:2 Send thou men, that they may search
Now in chapter thirteen we get the story. Now, they come to Kadesh Barnea and they are now on the border ready to enter into the Promised Land. They had been about two years, a little over two years n...
1 Chronicles 11:23; 1 Samuel 17:42; 1 Samuel 17:4; 2 Samuel 21:20;...