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Numbers 13:27 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" They told him, and said, “We came to the land where you sent us. Surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. "
Numbers 13:27
Verse in Context
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25 They returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
26 They went and came to Moses, to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them and to all the congregation. They showed them the fruit of the land.
27 They told him, and said, “We came to the land where you sent us. Surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
28 However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the children of Anak there.
29 Amalek dwells in the land of the South. The Hittite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwell in the hill country. The Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along the side of the Jordan.”
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Numbers 13:1
"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"
Numbers 13:2
"“Send men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. Of every tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a prince among them.”"
Numbers 13:3
"Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of the LORD. All of them were men who were heads of the children of Israel."
Numbers 13:4
"These were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur."
Numbers 13:5
"Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori."
Numbers 13:6
"Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh."
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