Numbers 13:1-33
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
Southward] RV by (RM 'into') the South': lit. 'into the Negeb': see on Genesis 12:9. The spies, however, really went northward on this occasion, first through the Negeb, and then through the mountainous district lying N. of it, here called 'the mountain,' afterwards the 'hill-country of Judah,' to t... [ Continue Reading ]
TIME OF THE FIRSTRIPE GRAPES] i.e. about the end of July.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WILDERNESS OF ZIN lay N. or NE. of the wilderness of Paran, and may have formed part of it. Its chief town was Kadesh-Barnea (Numbers 13:26). REHOB and HAMATH were in the extreme N. of the country: see Judges 18:28; Numbers 34:8. The spies traversed the entire land from S. to N. The length of Ca... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BROOK (mg VALLEY) OF ESHCOL] lay a little to the N. of Hebron, in a district still renowned for its fertility, and especially for its vineyards. The cluster of grapes was carried by two men, not so much on account of its weight as its size, in order that it might not be crushed.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO KADESH] see on Numbers 13:21. This was the most important station of the journey. The people remained here for the greater part of thirty-eight years between the sending of the spies and the entrance into Canaan: see on Numbers 20:1. According to Deuteronomy 1:19; Deuteronomy 1:22 the spies were... [ Continue Reading ]
EATETH UP THE INHABITANTS] This refers to the warlike character of the inhabitants, who devour each other in strife.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 strength: cp. Deuteronomy 2:11; 1 Samuel 17:4, and on Numbers 21:33.... [ Continue Reading ]