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The Spies Explore Canaan

Numbers 13:21

In 11 translations

BSB
So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
KJV
¶ So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
WEB
So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.
ASV
So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.
LSV
And they go up and spy out the land, from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob at the going in to Hamath;
YLT
And they go up and spy the land, from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob at the going in to Hamath;
DBY
And they went up, and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, where one comes towards Hamath.
DRC13:22
And when they were gone up, they viewed the land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into Emath.
GNV13:22
So they went vp, and searched out the lande, from the wildernesse of Zin vnto Rehob, to go to Hamath,
JPS
So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, at the entrance to Hamath.
LXXE
And they went up and surveyed the land from the wilderness of Sin to Rhoob, as men go in to Æmath.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ וַיָּתֻ֣רוּ אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ מִמִּדְבַּר־צִ֥ן עַד־רְחֹ֖ב לְבֹ֥א חֲמָֽת׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀναβάντες κατεσκέψαντο τὴν γῆν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐρήμου Σὶν ἕως Ῥοὸβ, εἰσπορευομένων Αἰμάθ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Numbers 20:1In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
  • Numbers 33:36They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
  • Numbers 27:14for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the…
  • Joshua 15:1Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:
  • Joshua 13:5the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
  • Numbers 34:3–4Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea, cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and…
  • Deuteronomy 32:51For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.
  • Amos 6:2Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
  • 2 Samuel 8:9When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 13:22 in some Bibles
  • 13:21 in most Bibles
  • Mapping unverified: STEPBible TVTMS has rules for this verse in this edition's tradition that would place it elsewhere, but their tests did not match this edition.

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