Numbers 13:18
And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
Numbers 13:18 in other translations
| BSB | See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many. |
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| WEB | See the land, what it is; and the people who dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many; |
| ASV | and see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many; |
| YLT | and have seen the land what it is, and the people which is dwelling on it, whether it is strong or feeble; whether it is few or many; |
| DARBY | and ye shall see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many; |
| BBE | And see what the land is like; and if the people living in it are strong or feeble, small or great in number; |
| Webster | And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, few or many; |
What does Numbers 13:18 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 13:1-20
A memorable and melancholy history is related in this and the following chapter, of the turning back of Israel from the borders of Canaan, and the sentencing them to wander and perish in the wilderness, for their unbelief and murmuring. It appears, De 1:22, that the motion to search out the land came from the people. They had a better opinion of their own policy than of God's wisdom. Thus we ruin ourselves by…
Numbers 13:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 13:18
- Ezekiel 34:14
I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
- Exodus 3:8
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
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Context
- 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:
- Numbers 13:18
And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
- Numbers 13:19
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;
Numbers 13:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Enviólos, pues, Moisés á reconocer la tierra de Canaán, diciéndoles: Subid por aquí, por el mediodía, y subid al monte: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et vous verrez le pays, ce qu’il est, et le peuple qui l’habite; s’il est fort ou faible, s’il est en petit nombre ou en grand nombre; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und besehet das Land, wie es ist; und das Volk, das darin wohnt, ob es stark oder schwach, ob es gering oder zahlreich ist; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Misit ergo eos Moyses ad considerandam terram Chanaan, et dixit ad eos: Ascendite per meridianam plagam. Cumque veneritis ad montes, |