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.
Verse Numbers 13:23. _THEY BARE IT BETWEEN TWO UPON A STAFF_] It would be very easy to produce a great number of witnesses to prove that grapes in the promised land, and indeed in various other hot c...
The brook of Eshcol is by some identified with the rich valley immediately to the north of Hebron; (but by others with Wady Hanein to the south of Hebron). The valley was, in all likelihood, originall...
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...
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), calling attention to each of the three items. GRAPES, &C. No mere accident that these three were brought. These symbolical of the "fruit" of our...
THEY CAME UNTO THE BROOK OF ESHCOL— The original word signifies _a brook or valley. Valley_ appears much more proper for this place, as it seems rather uncouth to say, _they cut down a branch from a b...
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...
_SO THEY WENT UP, AND SEARCHED THE LAND FROM THE WILDERNESS OF ZIN UNTO REHOB, AS MEN COME TO HAMATH._ So they ... searched the land - they advanced from south to north, reconnoitring the whole land....
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
THE BROOK OF ESHCOL. — This is commonly identified with the valley of Hebron. Ritter says that the reputation of the grapes of Hebron is so great throughout all Palestine that there is no difficulty i...
וַ יָּבֹ֜אוּ עַד ־נַ֣חַל אֶשְׁכֹּ֗ל וַ יִּכְר
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...
And came. The printed Hebrew has, "and he came:" but the Samaritan and all the versions, as well as some manuscripts, properly retain the plural, which the Massorets allow is right. (Kennicott, Diss....
The sacred historian hath here marked the outline of the spies route through the promised land. The map of that country shows that they went quite through it; for from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob,...
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 THEY CAME UNTO THE BROOK OF ESHCOL,.... Or "valley of Eshcol" u, which is here so called by anticipation from the following circumstance; and perhaps had not this name given it, until the children...
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...
_Upon a staff_ Either for the weight of it, considering the length of the way they were to carry it, or for the preservation of it whole and entire. In those eastern and southern countries there are v...
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...
THE EXPLORATION OF THE SPIES AND THEIR REPORT...
And they came unto the brook, or valley, OF ESHCOL, north of Hebron, AND CUT DOWN FROM THENCE A BRANCH WITH ONE CLUSTER OF GRAPES (this was undoubtedly an incident of their return trip), AND THEY BARE...
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:...
BROOK: Or, valley...
21-25 The searchers of the land brought a bunch of grapes with them, and other fruits, as proofs of the goodness of the country; which was to Israel both the earnest and the specimen of all the fruits...
UPON A STAFF; either for the weight of it, considering the length of the way they were to carry it, or for the preservation of it whole and entire. In those eastern and southern countries there are vi...
"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 13:23 came H935 (H8799) Valley H5158 Eshcol H812 down H3772 (H8799) branch H2156 one H259 cluster...
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...
_The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes._ GRAPES OF ESHCOL I. The true inquirers into the divine will ever have their reward. There are grapes for every student of G...
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...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 13:23 ESHCOL (which means CLUSTER) cannot be precisely located, but GRAPES grow well in the Hebron area....
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...
Deuteronomy 1:24; Deuteronomy 1:25; Judges 16:4; Numbers 13:24;...
Upon a staff — Either for the weight of it, considering the, length of the way they were to carry it, or for the preservation of it whole and entire. In those eastern and southern countries there are...