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New American Standard Bible

Numbers 13:17

When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he said to them, "Go up there into the Negev; then go up into the hill country.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Canaan;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Holy Land;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Canaan;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Joshua;   Kadesh;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Joshua, the Book of;   Wilderness of the Wanderings;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kadesh-Barnea;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hexateuch;   Israel;   Joshua;   Judah;   Moses;   Negeb,;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Joshua;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Josh'ua;   War;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joshua (2);   Moses;   Negeb;   Numbers, Book of;   Wanderings of Israel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bemidbar Rabbah;   Joshua, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Geneva Bible (1587)
So Moses sent them to spie out the lande of Canaan, & said vnto them, Go vp this way toward the South, and go vp into the moutaines,
George Lamsa Translation
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way into the south, and go up on the mountain
Hebrew Names Version
Moshe sent them to spy out the land of Kana`an, and said to them, Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:
Easy-to-Read Version
When Moses was sending them out to explore Canaan, he said, "Go through the Negev and then into the hill country.
English Standard Version
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said to them, "Go up into the Negeb and go up into the hill country,
American Standard Version
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:
Bible in Basic English
So Moses sent them to have a look at the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up into the South and into the hill-country;
Contemporary English Version
Before Moses sent them into Canaan, he said: After you go through the Southern Desert of Canaan, continue north into the hill country
Complete Jewish Bible
Moshe sent them to reconnoiter the land of Kena‘an, instructing them, "Go on up to the Negev and into the hills,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them: 'Get you up here into the South, and go up into the mountains;
King James Version (1611)
And Moses sent them to spie out the land of Canaan, and said vnto them, Get you by this way Southward, and goe vp into the mountaine:
Amplified Bible
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up this way into the Negev (the South country); then go up into the hill country.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses called Ause the son of Naue, Joshua.
English Revised Version
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way by the South, and go up into the mountains:
Berean Standard Bible
When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, "Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.
Lexham English Bible
Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, and he said to them, "Go up like this to the Negev, and go up into the hill country,
Literal Translation
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, You go up this way into the Negeb, and go up into the hills;
New Century Version
Moses sent them to explore Canaan and said, "Go through southern Canaan and then into the mountains.
New English Translation
When Moses sent them to investigate the land of Canaan, he told them, "Go up through the Negev, and then go up into the hill country
New King James Version
Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains,
New Living Translation
Moses gave the men these instructions as he sent them out to explore the land: "Go north through the Negev into the hill country.
New Life Bible
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan. He said to them, "Go up there into the Negev. Then go up into the hill country.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Moses sent them, to spy out the land of Canaan, - and said unto them - Go up, here in the South, Yea ye shall go up the mountain;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(13-18) And Moses sent them to view the land of Chanaan, and said to them: Go you up by the south side. And when you shall come to the mountains,
Revised Standard Version
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up into the Negeb yonder, and go up into the hill country,
Good News Translation
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King James Version
And 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:
Darby Translation
And Moses sent them to search out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the south and go up into the hill-country,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Moises sente hem to biholde the lond of Canaan, and seide to hem, `Stie ye bi the south coost; and whanne ye comen to the hillis,
Young's Literal Translation
And Moses sendeth them to spy the land of Canaan, and saith unto them, `Go ye up this [way] into the south, and ye have gone up the mountain,
World English Bible
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:
Update Bible Version
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, You go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:
Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go ye up this [way] southward, and ascend the mountain:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Moyses sent them foorth to spie out the lande of Chanaan, and said vnto them: Get you vp this way southward, that ye may go vp into the hie countrey,
Christian Standard Bible®
When Moses sent them to scout out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up this way to the Negev, then go up into the hill country.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now whan Moses sent the forth to spye out the lande of Canaan, he sayde vnto the: Go vp southwarde, and get you vp to the mountaynes,
THE MESSAGE
When Moses sent them off to scout out Canaan, he said, "Go up through the Negev and then into the hill country. Look the land over, see what it is like. Assess the people: Are they strong or weak? Are there few or many? Observe the land: Is it pleasant or harsh? Describe the towns where they live: Are they open camps or fortified with walls? And the soil: Is it fertile or barren? Are there forests? And try to bring back a sample of the produce that grows there—this is the season for the first ripe grapes."
New Revised Standard
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up there into the Negeb, and go up into the hill country,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he said to them, "Go up there into the Negev; then go up into the hill country.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said to them, "Go up there into the Negev; then go up into the hill country.

Contextual Overview

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Send out men for yourself to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give the sons of Israel; you shall send a man from each of their fathers' tribes, every one a leader among them." 3 So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command of the LORD, all of them men who were heads of the sons of Israel. 4 These then were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur; 5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori; 6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; 7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph; 8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun; 9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu; 10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

southward: Numbers 13:21, Numbers 13:22, Genesis 12:9, Genesis 13:1, Joshua 15:3, Judges 1:15

the mountain: Numbers 14:40, Genesis 14:10, Deuteronomy 1:44, Judges 1:9, Judges 1:19

Reciprocal: Joshua 2:1 - to spy secretly Judges 18:2 - to spy

Cross-References

Genesis 13:15
for all the land which you see I will give to you and to your descendants forever.
Genesis 13:17
"Arise, walk about in the land through its length and width; for I will give it to you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan,.... He sent them from Kadeshbarnea, as Caleb affirms, Joshua 14:7;

and said unto them, go ye up this [way] southward; pointing as it were with his finger which way they should go, even up such a hill southward; and which, as Aben Ezra observes, was not the south of the camp, but the south of the land of Canaan; and who further observes, that it is well known that Egypt, from whence the Israelites now came, was to the south of the land of Israel, of which this is a demonstration; the latitude of Egypt is less than thirty degrees, and the latitude of Jerusalem is thirty three, and the wilderness of Paran was in the south of the land of Egypt: it should be rendered by "the south", as in Numbers 13:22; or from the "south" p, since the Israelites must go northward, as a learned man q observes, to enter into the land of Canaan: now this south part of Canaan afterwards belonged to the tribe of Judah, and lying southward, and mountainous, was dry and barren, Joshua 15:1; and was, as Jarchi says, the dregs of the land of Israel; and here, as he observes, the same method was taken as merchants do, who, when they show their goods, show the worst first, and then the best:

and go up into the mountain; which was inhabited by the Amorites, Deuteronomy 1:44; and was afterwards called the mountainous or hill country of Judea, Luke 1:39.

p בנגב "per meridianam plagam", V. L. "hac meridiana plaga", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. q Bishop Clayton's Chronology of the Hebrew Bible, p. 392.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Southward - Rather, “by the Negeb,” or south-country; a well-defined tract of territory forming the southernmost and least fertile portion of the land of Canaan and of the subsequent inheritance of Judah. It extended northward from Kadesh to within a few miles of Hebron, and from the Dead Sea westward to the Mediterranean (see especially Joshua 15:21-32).

Into the mountain - The hill-country of southern and central Canaan, mostly within the borders of Judah and Ephraim. It commences a few miles south of Hebron, and extending northward to the plain of Jezreel, runs out eventually northwest-ward into the sea in the headland of Carmel.


 
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