King James Version
Numbers 13:21 in the King James Version says “So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.”
Numbers 13:21 · KJV
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.)
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. brook: or, valley
KJV Study — Public Domain
“So they went up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“and searched”
H8446to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially for trade or reconnoitring
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“from the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“unto Rehob”
H7340rechob, the name of a place in syria, also of a syrian and an israelite
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