KJV King James Version
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this [way] southward, and go up into the mountain:
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Numbers 13:17
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this [way] southward, and go up into the mountain:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.
WEB World English Bible
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill country:
ASV American Standard Version
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Moses sendeth them to spy the land of Canaan, and saith unto them, ‘Go ye up this way into the south, and ye have gone up the mountain,
Surrounding context — Numbers 13
14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
16 These [are] the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this [way] southward, and go up into the mountain:
18 And see the land, what it [is]; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they [be] strong or weak, few or many;
19 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;
20 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departאֹתָם֙H853 · et[Obj.]מֹשֶׁ֔הH4872 · mo.shehMosesלָת֖וּרH8446 · turto spyאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetכְּנָ֑עַןH3667 · ke.na.anCanaanוַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֲלֵהֶ֗םH413 · elto(wards)עֲל֥וּH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseזֶה֙H2088 · zehthisבַּנֶּ֔גֶבH5045 · ne.gevNegebוַעֲלִיתֶ֖םH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָהָֽר׃H2022 · harmountain: mount
Cross-references
Judges 1:9And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.Genesis 12:9And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.Genesis 13:1And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.Judges 1:15And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.Judges 1:19And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out [the inhabitants of] the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.Joshua 15:3And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:Genesis 14:10And the vale of Siddim [was full of] slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.Numbers 14:40And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we [be here], and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.Numbers 13:21-22So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.Numbers 13:29The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.Deuteronomy 1:44And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, [even] unto Hormah.
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