Numbers 13:17

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:

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Albert 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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

southward. For first nine miles, on account of the roads, then by the mountain passes eastward.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Go up into the mountain:— See chap. Numbers 12:16 .
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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: Get you up...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sending of the Spies and their Report 8. Oshea] RV 'Hoshea,' meaning 'help' or 'salvation.' Joshua, or Jehoshua ( Numbers 13:16 ), means 'Jeho...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Southward] RV by (RM 'into') the South': lit. 'into the Negeb': see on Genesis 12:9 . The spies, however, really went northward on this occasion, fi...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Get you up this way southward. — Rather, by the Negeb, or south country (comp. Numbers 13:22 ). The southern part of Palestine was known by th...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 Chap...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Spies Sent to Canaan Numbers 12:16 ; Numbers 13:1-20 By comparing the opening verses with Deuteronomy 1:19-22 , it appears that the sugge...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Are not all these enquiries, in a spiritual sense, suited to the awakened soul? questions concerning that upper and brighter world, of which the prom...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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: Ver. 17. Go u...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Southward Into the southern part of Canaan, which was the nearest part, and the worst too, being dry and desert, and therefore fit for them to ente...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Missions of the Twelve Spies. B. C. 1490. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Southward, i.e. into the southern part of Canaan, which was the nearest part, and the worst too, being dry and desert, Joshua 15:1,3 Jud 1:15 P...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2). The Venture Into Canaan ( Numbers 13:17-25 ). The scouts then went out in accordance with Moses' command, investigated the land and returned....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 o...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 trib...
The Biblical Illustrator

Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan. Glimpses of the better land I. The search. II. The retreat, III. An emblem of God...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE REBELLION AT KADESH ( Numbers 13:1-4 , Numbers 14:1-4 ). Numbers 13:2 Send thou men, that they may search the lan...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sending of the Spies
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, to get all the information possible regarding the land, the products, the cities, the industries,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 1:44 ; Genesis 12:9 ; Genesis 13:1 ; Genesis 14:10 ; Joshua 15:3 ; Judges 1:15 ; Judges 1:19 ; Judges 1:9 ; Numbers 14:40 ; Num...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Southward — Into the southern part of Canaan, which was the nearest part, and the worst too, being dry and desert, and therefore fit for them to en...

¹⁷ 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:

Related Commentaries of Numbers 13:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Numbers 13:17