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Numbers 13:25

23 When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.

24 Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.

After forty days the men returned from spying out the land,

26 and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.

27 And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!

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BSB
After forty days the men returned from spying out the land,
KJV
And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
WEB
They returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
ASV
And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
DARBY
And they returned from searching out the land after forty days.
BLB
And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
ÅB
Da førti dager var til ende, vendte de tilbake etter å ha utspeidet landet.
OTB
Etter førti dager vendte de tilbake fra å utforske landet.
B1930
Da firti dager var til ende, vendte de tilbake efter å ha utspeidet landet.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 34:28

    So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.

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  • Numbers 14:33–34

    Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.

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  • Exodus 24:18

    Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

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