Numbers 13:26-27 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 13:26-33

It is a wonder how the people of Israel had patience to stay forty days for the return of their spies, when they were just ready to enter Canaan, under all the assurances of success they could have from the divine power, and a constant series of miracles that had hitherto attended them; but they distrusted God's power and promise, and were willing to be held in suspense by their own counsels, rather than be brought to a certainty by God's covenant. How much do we stand in our own light by our... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 13:26

And they went, and came to Moses, and to Aaron ,.... They proceeded on their journey from Eshcol, till they came to the camp of Israel; and as soon as they came there, went directly to Moses and to Aaron, before they went into their own tents, as Aben Ezra observes: and to all the congregation of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran , to Kadesh ; that is, Kadeshbarnea, as appears from Joshua 14:7 ; called for brevity's sake Kadesh; but is by some thought to be different from the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 13:27

And they told him ,.... Moses, who was the chief ruler whom they addressed, and to whom they directed their speech: and said, we came unto the land whither thou sentest us ; the land of Canaan, which they were sent by Moses to spy; this was said by ten of them or by one of them as their mouth; for Caleb and Joshua did not join with them in the following account, as appears from Numbers 13:30 , and surely it floweth with milk and honey ; they own that the land answered to the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 13:27

We came unto the land, etc. - It is astonishing that men so dastardly as these should have had courage enough to risk their persons in searching the land. But probably though destitute of valor they had a sufficiency of cunning, and this carried them through. The report they brought was exceedingly discouraging, and naturally tended to produce the effect mentioned in the next chapter. The conduct of Joshua and Caleb was alone magnanimous, and worthy of the cause in which they were embarked. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 13:1-45

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 13:26

To Kadesh (see note at the end of Numbers 14:1-45 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 13:27

It floweth with milk and honey. According to the promise of God in his first message of deliverance to the people (see on Exodus 3:8 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Numbers 13:26

Kadesh is usually identified with Ain-el-Weibeh, which lies in the Arabah, about 10 miles north of the place in which Mount Hor abuts on that valley, (or with Ain-Gadis in Jebel Magrah). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Numbers 13:27-29

Numbers 13:27-29. They told him In the audience of the people. The Amalekites in the south Where we are to enter the land; and they who were so fierce against us that they came into the wilderness to fight with us, will, without doubt, oppose us when we come close by their land, the rather, to revenge themselves for their former loss. Therefore they mention them, though they were not Canaanites. In the mountains In the mountainous country, in the south-east part of the land, so that you... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Numbers 13:1-33

The twelve spies (13:1-33)Israel pushed on towards the promised land. The long and tiresome journey through the wilderness of Paran was relieved by stoppages at various points where the people set up camp for a few days (see 10:12; 11:35; 12:16; 13:3). As they moved nearer to Canaan, Moses sent twelve spies, one from each tribe, to see what they could find out about the country - its terrain, its people, its defences and its productivity (13:1-20). The spies probably split up, going in... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 13:26-33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 13:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 13:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 13:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 13:1-45

The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 13:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 13:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Numbers 13:26

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Numbers 13:27-29

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Numbers 13:1-33

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