the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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4. Mojžišova 13:24
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Potom přišli až do údolí Eškol, a tu uřezali ratolest s hroznem jedním jahodek plným, a nesli jej na sochoře dva; též i jablka zrnatá i fíky té země.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
brook: or valley, Numbers 13:23
Eshcol: that is a cluster of grapes
Reciprocal: Numbers 13:20 - the firstripe Hosea 9:10 - grapes
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The place was called the brook of Eshcol,.... That is, in later times:
because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence; the word "Eschol" signifying a "cluster"; and this cluster was typical of Christ, who may be compared to this, as he is to a cluster of camphire, Song of Solomon 1:14; there being in him a "cluster" of all perfections, of all the perfections of deity, the whole fulness of the Godhead dwelling bodily in him; and of all human perfections, he being in all things like unto his people, excepting sin; and there being also a cluster of all the graces and gifts of the Spirit without measure in him, as man; and of all the blessings of grace for his people, as Mediator; and of all the exceeding great and precious promises of the covenant of grace. The "staff", on which this was carried, may denote the ministration of the Gospel, which may seem mean and despicable in itself, but is the means of carrying the name of Christ, and the things of Christ, about in the world; see Acts 9:15; and the "two" men which bore it, may signify the prophets of the Old Testament, and the ministers of the New, who both agree and join together in setting forth the person, offices, and grace of Christ. Moreover, this cluster may be an emblem of the Spirit of God, and his grace, and of the rich experience the people of God have of it in this present lift, while travellers in the wilderness, as a taste and earnest of the future glory and happiness in the heavenly Canaan.
