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Numbers 13:18

16 These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.

17 When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.

See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.

19 Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications?

20 Is the soil fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous, and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.
KJV
And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
WEB
See the land, what it is; and the people who dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;
ASV
and see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;
DARBY
and ye shall see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many;
BLB
And see the land, how it is, and the people dwelling in it, is he strong or weak, is he few or many;
ÅB
og se hvordan landet er, og om folket som bor der, er sterkt eller svakt, om det er lite eller stort,
OTB
Se hvordan landet er, og om folket som bor der er sterke eller svake, få eller mange.
B1930
og se hvordan landet er, og om folket som bor der, er sterkt eller svakt, om det er lite eller stort,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 34:14

    I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

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  • Exodus 3:8

    I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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