Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Numbers 13:20
Now the time... — The first grapes ripen in Palestine as early as August, or even July, although the vintage does not take place until September or October.
Now the time... — The first grapes ripen in Palestine as early as August, or even July, although the vintage does not take place until September or October.
Verse Numbers 13:20. _THE LAND - WHETHER IT_ BE _FAT OR LEAN_] Whether the SOIL be _rich_ or _poor_; which might be known by its being well _wooded_, and by the _fruits_ it produced; and therefore the...
THE TIME ... OF THE FIRSTRIPE GRAPES - The first grapes ripen in Palestine in July and August: the vintage is gathered in September and October. This indication of date tallies with what we should hav...
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...
NOW THE TIME WAS THE TIME OF THE FIRST RIPE GRAPES— The spies were forty days in searching the land; so that this time refers to that of their return, not of their setting out; see note on Numbers 13:...
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 WHAT THE LAND IS, WHETHER IT BE FAT OR LEAN, WHETHER THERE BE WOOD THEREIN, OR NOT. AND BE YE OF GOOD COURAGE, AND BRING OF THE FRUIT OF THE LAND. NOW THE TIME WAS THE TIME OF THE FIRSTRIPE GRAPE...
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....
TIME OF THE FIRSTRIPE GRAPES] i.e. about the end of July....
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
וּ מָ֣ה הָ֠ אָרֶץ הַ שְּׁמֵנָ֨ה הִ֜וא
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...
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], WHETHER IT BE FAT OR LEAN,.... That is, what the soil of it is, whether it be rich and fertile, or whether it be poor and barren, which would be seen by the fruits it produced,...
_In tents_ As the Arabians did; or in unwalled villages, which, like tents, are exposed to an enemy. _Fat_ Rich and fertile....
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, whether it be fat or lean, namely, so far as fertility of the soil was concerned, WHETHER THERE BE WOOD THEREIN, OR NOT; for the forests of a land are a very important item in it...
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...
FAT; rich and fertile. BE YE OF GOOD COURAGE; doubt not but God will preserve you in this dangerous journey, and be not dismayed nor discouraged if you find the people numerous, potent, and well forti...
"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 13:20 land H776 rich H8082 poor H7330 are H3426 forests H6086 courage H2388 (H8694) bring H3947 ...
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...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 13:20 The SEASON OF THE FIRST RIPE GRAPES is late July. ⇐ ⇔
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 22:11; Deuteronomy 31:23; Deuteronomy 31:6; Ezekiel 34:14;...
Fat — Rich and fertile....