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Numbers 13

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1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2Send 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 a ruler among them.

3And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.

4And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

5Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.

6Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

7Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.

8Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.

9Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.

10Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.

11Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.

12Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.

13Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.

14Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.

15Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.

16These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

17And 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:

18And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

19And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;

20And 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 grapes.

21So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were.(Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

23And 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.

24The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

25And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

26And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

27And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

28Nevertheless 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.

29The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

30And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

31But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

32And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

33And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • בֵּןbênH112119× in this chapter

    a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

  • אֵתʼêthH85317× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • אֶרֶץʼeretsH77616× in this chapter

    the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

  • מַטֶּהmaṭṭehH429414× in this chapter

    a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)

  • הוּאhûwʼH193111× in this chapter

    he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

  • אֵלʼêlH41310× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH83410× in this chapter

    who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

  • יָשַׁבyâshabH34278× in this chapter

    properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

  • עָלָהʻâlâhH59278× in this chapter

    to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

  • מֹשֶׁהMôshehH48727× in this chapter

    Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver

  • תּוּרtûwrH84467× in this chapter

    to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitring

  • אָמַרʼâmarH5596× in this chapter

    to say (used with great latitude)

  • שָׁלַחshâlachH79716× in this chapter

    to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

  • יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34785× in this chapter

    Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

  • כֹּלkôlH36055× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • אִםʼimH5185× in this chapter

    used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

  • אֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwshH5825× in this chapter

    a man in general (singly or collectively)

  • עַלʻalH59215× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • עַםʻamH59715× in this chapter

    a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

  • רָאָהrâʼâhH72005× in this chapter

    to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

  • שָׁםshâmH80335× in this chapter

    there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

  • בּוֹאbôwʼH9355× in this chapter

    to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

  • מָהmâhH41004× in this chapter

    properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses

  • מִןminH44804× in this chapter

    properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

  • אֶחָדʼechâdH2593× in this chapter

    properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

  • יוֹםyôwmH31173× in this chapter

    a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

  • יָכֹלyâkôlH32013× in this chapter

    to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

  • כִּיkîyH35883× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • מִדְבָּרmidbârH40573× in this chapter

    a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

  • נֶגֶבnegebH50453× in this chapter

    the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)

  • עַדʻadH57043× in this chapter

    as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

  • עָנָקʻÂnâqH60613× in this chapter

    Anak, a Canaanite

  • פְּרִיpᵉrîyH65293× in this chapter

    fruit (literally or figuratively)

  • גַּםgamH15712× in this chapter

    properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

  • הוֹשֵׁעַHôwshêaʻH19542× in this chapter

    Hoshea, the name of five Israelites

  • הָיָהhâyâhH19612× in this chapter

    to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

  • הַרharH20222× in this chapter

    a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

  • זֶהzehH20882× in this chapter

    the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

  • חֶבְרוֹןChebrôwnH22752× in this chapter

    Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites

  • חָזָקchâzâqH23892× in this chapter

    strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)

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