Numbers 13:32

Translations

Modern

So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.

Traditional

And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

Literal

And they gave a bad report of the land that they had spied out unto the sons of Israel, saying, “The land that we have gone into as spies is a land that devours its dwellers, and all the people whom we saw in its midst are men of great stature.

Latin

Detraxeruntque terræ, quam inspexerant, apud filios Israël, dicentes: Terra, quam lustravimus, devorat habitatores suos: populus, quem aspeximus, proceræ staturæ est.

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English

So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.

Notes

Numbers 13:1–14:45

Twelve spies explored the fertile land of Canaan and found strong enemies defending it. Earlier chapters show Israel's disobedience, hinting at future failures. The Israelites did not have the obedience, courage, or faith to capture the land. So, the Lord made them spend 40 years in the Wilderness of Sinai. That generation did not receive their inheritance in the promised land.

Theme notes and profiles

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People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Asher (Tribe) Benjamin, Tribe of Deuteronomy, Book of Moses Numbers, Book of Remnant

Topics

Anakim: A Race of Giants Cowardice: The Ten Spies Desert, Journey of Israel Through The: Spies Bring Back Evil Report Holy Land: Twelve Men Sent to Spy Israel: Return with a Majority Report and a Minority Report Majority and Minority Reports of the Spies Murmuring: Guilt of Encouraging Others In Nephilim Reports: Majority and Minority of Spies Trouble: when the Spies Brought Their Adverse Report

Numbers 13:32

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