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Numbers 13:16 KJV
Numbers · chapter 13 · verse 16
These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.Numbers 13:16 · King James Version
Numbers 13:16 in context
14Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
15Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
16These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
17And 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:
18And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- namesshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
- OsheaHôwshêaʻHoshea, the name of five IsraelitesH1954 →
- sentshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
- landʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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Here we have, I. Orders given to send spies to search out the land of Canaan. It is here said, God directed Moses to send them (Num 13:1, Num 13:2), but it appears by the repetition of the story afterwards (Deu 1:22) that the motion came originally from the people;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-20