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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Numbers 13:21-33

The Exploration of the Spies and Their Report v. 21. So they went up and searched the land from the Wilderness of Zin, as the northern end of the Wilderness of Paran was called, unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath, in the extreme northern part of Canaan, not far from Laish, which was later known as Dan. After this general statement a more detailed account is given. v. 22. And they ascended by the south, after leaving the camp of the Israelites, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Numbers 13:1-33

THIRD SECTIONThe Fall of the Old Generation in the Wilderness of Paran. The Spies. The Despondency, the Stubbornness and the JudgmentNumbers 13:1 to Numbers 14:45In this section we read the history of Israel in the wilderness in the narrower sense, the tragic history of their first cardinal and temporary rejection. God never rejected His entire people, though He did reject single generations of the nation in a conditional sense. This first time one generation died in the wilderness; another... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Numbers 13:17-33

Numbers AFRAID OF GIANTS Num_13:17 - Num_13:33 . We stand here on the edge of the Promised Land. The discussion of the true site of Kadesh need not concern us now. Wherever it was, the wanderers had the end of their desert journey within sight; one bold push forward, and their feet would tread on their inheritance. But, as is so often the case, courage oozed out at the decisive moment, and cowardice, disguised as prudence, called for ‘further information,’-that cuckoo-cry of the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Numbers 13:21-33

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 twelve pounds. The tall, muscular Canaanites presented a strong contrast to the more diminutive Egyptians. The spies compared the Canaanites with themselves, instead of with Almighty God. Do not look at God through circumstances, but at circumstances through God. There is no land worth possessing which... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Numbers 13:1-33

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 it is stated sending the spies was in obedience to the divine command. However, a comparison of this with the reference to the matter in the first chapter of Deuteronomy will show that the command followed the people's determination to do this very thing. This was in itself an act of suspicion and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 13:26-33

3). The Scouts Report Back (Numbers 13:26 to Numbers 14:1 ). Once the scouts arrived back they immediately reported to Moses. What resulted can be summarised as follows: a The scouts report back to Moses, Aaron and ‘all the congregation’ (Numbers 13:26) b The scouts describe the land and the awesome sons of Anak (Numbers 13:27-29). c Caleb stills the people (Numbers 13:30 a) c Caleb says, ‘let us go forward’ (Numbers 13:30 b). b The scouts report evil of the land and the awesome... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 13:1-33

Numbers 13:1-Micah : . 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 ( Numbers 13:26; Numbers 32:8, cf. Deuteronomy 1:19 f., Joshua 14:7), the survey is limited to the S. of Palestine ( Numbers 13:22 f.), and the report of the land is favourable, but of the inhabitants alarming ( Numbers 13:27-Joel :), Caleb alone dissenting from the latter... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Numbers 13:30

Caleb, together with Joshua, as is manifest from Numbers 14:6,Numbers 14:7,Numbers 14:30; but Caleb alone is here mentioned, possibly because he spake first and most, which he might better do, because he might be presumed to be more impartial than Joshua, who being Moses’s minister might be thought to speak only what he knew his master would like. Stilled the people; which implies either that they had began to murmur, or that by their looks and carriages they discovered that grief and anger... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Numbers 13:31

The men that went up with him; all of them, Joshua excepted. They are stronger than we, both in stature of body and numbers of people. Thus they wickedly question the power, and truth, and goodness of God, of all which they had such ample testimonies. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Numbers 13:1-33

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESNumbers 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 by the people and approved by Moses; and here it is permitted by the Lord. God had commanded them to go and take possession of the land; and the motion to send the spies was an expression of their unbelief.Everyone a ruler among them. By a comparison of the names of these “rulers” with those of “the princes of... read more