KJV King James Version
And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 13:23
And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.
WEB World English Bible
They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.
ASV American Standard Version
And they came unto the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it upon a staff between two; they brought also of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they come in unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch and one cluster of grapes, and they bear it on a staff by two, also some of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
Surrounding context — Numbers 13
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.
21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
22 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.)
23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיָּבֹ֜אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeעַד־H5704 · adtillנַ֣חַלH5158 · na.chaltorrent: riverאֶשְׁכֹּ֗לH812 · esh.kolEshcolוַיִּכְרְת֨וּH3772 · ka.ratto cut: cutמִשָּׁ֤םH8033 · shamthereזְמוֹרָה֙H2156 · ze.mo.rahbranchוְאֶשְׁכּ֤וֹלH811 · esh.kolclusterעֲנָבִים֙H6025 · e.navgrapeאֶחָ֔דH259 · e.chadoneוַיִּשָּׂאֻ֥הוּH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseבַמּ֖וֹטH4132 · motyokeבִּשְׁנָ֑יִםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoוּמִן־H4480 · minfromהָרִמֹּנִ֖יםH7416 · rim.monpomegranateוּמִן־H4480 · minfromהַתְּאֵנִֽים׃H8384 · te.e.nahfig
Cross-references
Numbers 13:24The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.Numbers 32:9For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.Deuteronomy 1:24-25And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.Judges 16:4And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name [was] Delilah.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Numbers 13:23
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →