Passage

Numbers 13.23

Book: Numbers · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"21. So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath. 22. And they went up by the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)"

"23. And they came unto the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it upon a staff between two; they brought also of the pomegranates, and of the figs."

"24. That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence. 25. And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days." (Numbers 13:21-25, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"21. So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath. 22. They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)"

"23. They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs."

"24. That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there. 25. They returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days." (Numbers 13:21-25, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"21. So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. 22. And 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.)"

"23. And 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. ^{brook: or, valley}"

"24. The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. ^{brook: or, valley} ^{Eshcol: that is, A cluster of grapes} 25. And they returned from searching of the land after forty days." (Numbers 13:21-25, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"21. And they go up and spy the land, from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob at the going in to Hamath; 22. and they go up by the south, and come in unto Hebron, and there [are] Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, children of Anak (and Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt),"

"23. and they come in unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch and one cluster of grapes, and they bear it on a staff by two, also [some] of the pomegranates, and of the figs."

"24. That place hath [one] called Brook of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut from thence. 25. And they turn back from spying the land at the end of forty days." (Numbers 13:21-25, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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