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Numbers 13:20 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes. "
Numbers 13:20
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And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.
So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
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Numbers 13:1
"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Numbers 13:2
"Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler"
Numbers 13:3
"And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel."
Numbers 13:4
"And 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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