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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.
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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...
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NEVERTHELESS. In spite of the evidence produced. This is the
conclusion of _sight,_ not of faith. Note the words "we saw", verses:
Numbers 13:28; Numbers 13:32; Numbers 13:33.
VERY GREAT. Great in siz...
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WE SAW THE CHILDREN OF ANAK THERE— See Numbers 13:32 and Genesis
6:4. This exaggerated account of the cities and of the inhabitants was
given with a view to discourage the people from attempting a cou...
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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...
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_NEVERTHELESS THE PEOPLE BE STRONG THAT DWELL IN THE LAND, AND THE
CITIES ARE WALLED, AND VERY GREAT: AND MOREOVER WE SAW THE CHILDREN OF
ANAK THERE._
We saw the children of Anak there. Accustomed to...
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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....
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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
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NEVERTHELESS THE PEOPLE BE STRONG... — The spies adopted the words
of Exodus 3:8, “flowing with milk and honey,” as descriptive of
the fertility of the land of Canaan, but at the same time they
discou...
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אֶ֚פֶס כִּֽי ־עַ֣ז הָ עָ֔ם הַ יֹּשֵׁ֖ב
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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;...
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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...
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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...
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Here we have the report of the spies; and a very sinful one it was.
They could not but own the fruitfulness of the land, for the grapes,
and pomegranates, and figs, manifested what it was. But when th...
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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...
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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...
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NEVERTHELESS THE PEOPLE [BE] STRONG THAT DWELL IN THE LAND,.... Though
so plentiful and fruitful and desirable to enjoy, yet this objection
lay against all hopes and even attempts to possess it, as th...
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_Nevertheless the people [be] strong that dwell in the land, and the
cities [are] walled, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the
children of Anak there._
Ver. 28. _Nevertheless the people be stron...
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_They told him_ In the audience of the people. _The Amalekites in the
south_ Where we are to enter the land; and they who were so fierce
against us that they came into the wilderness to fight with us,...
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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...
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THE EXPLORATION OF THE SPIES AND THEIR REPORT...
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Nevertheless, and here the glowing report is rapidly tempered by the
element of personal feelings which the majority of the spies
introduced, THE PEOPLE BE STRONG THAT DWELL IN THE LAND, both in
numbe...
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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:...
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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...
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STRONG; potent for the strength of their body, and the valour of their
minds....
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"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...
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Numbers 13:28 Nevertheless H657 people H5971 dwell H3427 (H8802) land
H776 strong H5794 cities H5892 fortified H1219
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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....
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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...
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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
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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...
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EXPOSITION
THE REBELLION AT KADESH (Numbers 13:1, Numbers 14:1).
NUMBERS 13:2
Send thou men, that they may search
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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...
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Deuteronomy 1:28; Deuteronomy 2:10; Deuteronomy 2:11; Deuteronomy
2:21;...