Numbers 13:25
“And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.”
Numbers 13:25 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- And they that went to spy out the land returned after forty days, having gone round all the country,
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
- DARBYDarby
- And they returned from searching out the land after forty days.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- They returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- And they turn back from spying the land at the end of forty days.
- BPVBiblePics Version
- They returned from exploring the land after forty days.
Context: Numbers 13
23And 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.
24The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
25And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
26And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
27And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
About Numbers 13: The Spies Sent to Canaan
Moses sends out twelve spies to explore the land of Canaan and they bring back a mixed report.
Commentary
In Numbers 13, Moses sends twelve spies to scout out the land of Canaan, the Promised Land that God has promised to the Israelites. The spies return with a report of the land, which is described as a land flowing with milk and honey. However, ten of the spies also report that the inhabitants of the land are powerful and that the Israelites will not be able to conquer them. This causes the people to become discouraged and fearful, and they begin to grumble against Moses and God.