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Numbers 13:26-28
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Numbers 13:26-28
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The Spies’ Reports
26 They came back[a] to Moses and Aaron and to the whole community of the Israelites in the wilderness of Paran at Kadesh.[b] They reported[c] to the whole community and showed the fruit of the land. 27 They told Moses,[d] “We went to the land where you sent us.[e] It is indeed flowing with milk and honey,[f] and this is its fruit. 28 But[g] the inhabitants[h] are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.
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- Numbers 13:26 tn The construction literally has “and they went and they entered,” which may be smoothed out as a verbal hendiadys, the one verb modifying the other.
- Numbers 13:26 sn Kadesh is Ain Qadeis, about 50 miles (83 km) south of Beer Sheba. It is called Kadesh Barnea in Num 32:8.
- Numbers 13:26 tn Heb “They brought back word”; the verb is the Hiphil preterite of שׁוּב (shuv).
- Numbers 13:27 tn Heb “told him and said.” The referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Numbers 13:27 tn The relative clause modifies “the land.” It is constructed with the relative and the verb: “where you sent us.”
- Numbers 13:27 sn This is the common expression for the material abundance of the land (see further, F. C. Fensham, “An Ancient Tradition of the Fertility of Palestine,” PEQ 98 [1966]: 166-67).
- Numbers 13:28 tn The word (אֶפֶס, ʾefes) forms a very strong adversative. The land was indeed rich and fruitful, but….”
- Numbers 13:28 tn Heb “the people who are living in the land.”
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