Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
Numbers 13:19-20
In tents As the Arabians did; or in unwalled villages, which, like tents, are exposed to an enemy. Fat Rich and fertile.
In tents As the Arabians did; or in unwalled villages, which, like tents, are exposed to an enemy. Fat Rich and fertile.
IN TENTS - i. e. in open unwalled villages....
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...
TENTS. camps....
WHETHER IN TENTS, OR IN STRONG HOLDS— This is rendered by the Vulgate and the LXX. _whether in cities with walls or without walls._ Houbigant renders it, after the Samaritan, _whether they be weak or...
B. THEIR INSTRUCTIONS vv. 17-20 TEXT Numbers 13:17. 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: 18. And see the l...
_AND SEE THE LAND, WHAT IT IS; AND THE PEOPLE THAT DWELLETH THEREIN, WHETHER THEY BE STRONG OR WEAK, FEW OR MANY;_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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 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
WHETHER IN TENTS. — Better, _in camps, i.e.,_ in open villages and hamlets, as contrasted with strongholds or fortified places....
וּ מָ֣ה הָ אָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁר ־הוּא֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב
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 SPIES SENT TO CANAAN Numbers 12:16; Numbers 13:1 By comparing the opening verses with Deuteronomy 1:19, it appears that the suggestion about the spies emanated from the people, and that their pro...
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...
And what the land [is] that they dwell in, whether it [be] (d) good or bad; and what cities [they be] that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; (d) Plentiful or barren....
Are not all these enquiries, in a spiritual sense, suited to the awakened soul? questions concerning that upper and brighter world, of which the promised land was a type? And when, by faith in lively...
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 WHAT THE LAND [IS] THAT THEY DWELL IN, WHETHER IT [BE] GOOD OR BAD,.... Whether the air is good, the climate temperate, and the earth well watered, and has good convenience of springs, fountains,...
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 what the land is that they dwell in, also in regard to climate, WHETHER IT BE GOOD OR BAD; AND WHAT CITIES THEY BE THAT THEY DWELL IN, WHETHER IN TENTS OR IN STRONGHOLDS, in open camps or in perma...
THE SENDING OF THE SPIES...
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:...
1-20 A memorable and melancholy history is related in this and the following chapter, of the turning back of Israel from the borders of Canaan, and the sentencing them to wander and perish in the wil...
GOOD OR BAD, healthful or unwholesome, fruitful or barren. IN TENTS, as the Arabians did; or in unwalled villages, which, like tents, are exposed to an enemy....
"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 13:19 land H776 dwell H3427 (H8802) good H2896 bad H7451 cities H5892 inhabit H3427 (H88
2). THE VENTURE INTO CANAAN (NUMBERS 13:17). The scouts then went out in accordance with Moses' command, investigated the land and returned. This can be outlined as follows: a The scouts sent out to...
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...
_Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan._ GLIMPSES OF THE BETTER LAND I. The search. II. The retreat, III. An emblem of God’s dealings with His people. 1. The children of Israel w...
NUMBERS 13:1 Forty Years near Kadesh. The central section of the book of Numbers 1:1 spans 40 years. During this time the Israelites lived in or near Kadesh (later called Kadesh-barnea;...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 13:17 The spies cover some 220 miles (354 km). They travel from the NEGEB, south of Beersheba, all the way to the far north—REHOB, NEAR LEBO-HAMATH—about 47 miles (76 km) north...
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 Samuel 6:18; 2 Chronicles 17:19; 2 Kings 10:2; 2 Kings 17:9;...
In tents — As the Arabians did; or in unwalled villages, which, like tents, are exposed to an enemy....