Numbers 13:23
Other Translations of Numbers 13:23
King James Version
23 And they came unto the brook
English Standard Version
23 And they came to the Valley of Eshcol and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; they also brought some pomegranates and figs.
The Message
23 When they arrived at the Eshcol Valley they cut off a branch with a single cluster of grapes - it took two men to carry it - slung on a pole. They also picked some pomegranates and figs.
New King James Version
23 Then they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and there cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they carried it between two of them on a pole. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.
New Living Translation
23 When they came to the valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes so large that it took two of them to carry it on a pole between them! They also brought back samples of the pomegranates and figs.
Numbers 13:24
24 That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there.
Other Translations of Numbers 13:24
King James Version
24 The place was called the brook
English Standard Version
24 That place was called the Valley of Eshcol,
The Message
24 They named the place Eshcol Valley (Grape-Cluster-Valley) because of the huge cluster of grapes they had cut down there.
New King James Version
24 The place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down there.
New Living Translation
24 That place was called the valley of Eshcol (which means "cluster"), because of the cluster of grapes the Israelite men cut there.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 13:24
Commentary on Numbers 13:21-25
(Read Numbers 13:21-25)
The searchers of the land brought a bunch of grapes with them, and other fruits, as proofs of the goodness of the country; which was to Israel both the earnest and the specimen of all the fruits of Canaan. Such are the present comforts we have in communion with God, foretastes of the fulness of joy we expect in the heavenly Canaan. We may see by them what heaven is.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 13:23
Commentary on Numbers 13:21-25
(Read Numbers 13:21-25)
The searchers of the land brought a bunch of grapes with them, and other fruits, as proofs of the goodness of the country; which was to Israel both the earnest and the specimen of all the fruits of Canaan. Such are the present comforts we have in communion with God, foretastes of the fulness of joy we expect in the heavenly Canaan. We may see by them what heaven is.