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Numbers 13:20 KJV
Numbers · chapter 13 · verse 20
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.Numbers 13:20 · King James Version
Numbers 13:20 in context
18And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
19And 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;
20And 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.
21So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
22And 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.)
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- firstripebikkûwrthe first-fruits of the cropH1061 →
- couragechâzaqto fasten uponH2388 →
- bringlâqachto takeH3947 →
- fruitpᵉrîyfruitH6529 →
- landʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- leanrâzehthinH7330 →
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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