“ And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. ”
After forty days - They had no doubt in this time explored the whole land. However, it was with the southern part that the Israelites expected to have to deal immediately: and accordingly it is t...
The Espial of Canaan. This narrative is marked by numerous discrepancies, due to its being a fusion of two accounts drawn from JE and P. In the one (JE) the spies start probably from Kadesh ( Numbe...
forty. The number of Probation. See App-10. At the end. of Elul (our August), exactly six months from setting up of the Tabernacle. See App-50.
25. And they returned from searching of the land. The activity and diligence of the twelve men is commended, who in so short a time examined the whole of the land from the desert of Sin to t...
And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. No JFB commentary on this verse.
The Sending of the Spies and their Report 8. Oshea] RV 'Hoshea,' meaning 'help' or 'salvation.' Joshua, or Jehoshua ( Numbers 13:16 ), means 'Jehovah is my help': see on Exodus 17:9 .
After forty days. — This time allowed a full and careful exploration of the land.
THE SPIES AND THEIR REPORT Numbers 13:1-33 ; Numbers 14:1-10 Two narratives at least appear to be united in the thirteenth and fourteenth Chapter s. From Numbers 13:17 ; Numbers 13:22-23 , w...
the Majority and Minority Reports Numbers 13:21-33 It was August. Eshcol lay southeast of Hebron. Its sloping hills were covered with choice grapevines, the clusters of which weighed ten to twe...
Here we have another story of failure. It is closely associated with the movement of the people toward the promised land. The hour had come in which they should go forward. In this account in Numbers...
The sacred historian hath here marked the outline of the spies route through the promised land. The map of that country shows that they went quite through it; for from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob,...
And they returned from searching the land after forty days. The Targum of Jonathan adds, on the eighth day of the month Ab, which answers to part of July and part of August; so that this must be to...
They returned after forty days It is a wonder the people had patience to stay forty days, when they were just ready to enter Canaan, under all the assurances of success they could have from the div...
SPIES SENT TO CANAAN (vs.1-25) As Israel drew nearer to Canaan, God instructed Moses to send a man from each of the 12 tribes to spy out the land Canaan (vs.1-2). If we compare this to Deuterono...
21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. 22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and T...
No text from Poole on this verse.
2). The Venture Into Canaan ( Numbers 13:17-25 ). The scouts then went out in accordance with Moses' command, investigated the land and returned. This can be outlined as follows: a The scouts s...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 13:1-2 . And the Lord spake unto Moses , &c. It appears from Deuteronomy 1:22-23 , that the sending of the spies to search out the land was suggested b...
Numbers 13:25 Consider what duty or privilege may be shadowed out to us by the mission of "the spies" to the Holy Land, which God Himself ordered. It shows us the heart desiring, the imagination p...
Numbers 13:11 . The tribe of Joseph. This verse seems deficient. Septri Manasseh; where the sense is, that the sceptre of Joseph was in the tribe of Manasseh. The Hebrew משׂה matta, signifies...
EXPOSITION THE REBELLION AT KADESH ( Numbers 13:1-4 , Numbers 14:1-4 ). Numbers 13:2 Send thou men, that they may search the land. If this account of the mission of the spies be...
The Exploration of the Spies and Their Report
Exodus 24:18 ; Exodus 34:28 ; Numbers 14:33 ; Numbers 14:34
They returned after forty days — 'Tis a wonder the people had patience to stay forty days, when they were just ready to enter Canaan, under all the assurances of success they could have from the Di...