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Numbers 13:29

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The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Amalek dwelleth in the land of the South: and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanite dwelleth by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan.

KJV

The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

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This verse in Numbers 13

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Hittites . . . dwell in the mountains--Their settlements were in the southern and mountainous part of Palestine (Ge 23:7). the Canaanites dwell by the sea--The remnant of the original inhabitants, who had been dispossessed by the Philistines, were divided into two nomadic hordes--one settled eastward near the Jordan; the other westward, by the Mediterranean.

This site's exposition

surely it floweth with milk and honey

on Numbers 13:27-29

The report opens by confirming the promise word for word, since a land flowing with milk and honey is what God had said at Exodus 3:8 and 3:17. Then comes nevertheless, and everything after it is also true: the people strong, the cities walled and very great, the children of Anak there, Amalek in the south, Hittites and Jebusites and Amorites in the hills, Canaanites by the sea and along Jordan. Matthew Henry notes that even the men who discouraged Israel owned that the land was what God said it was. Every clause in these three verses is accurate, which is what makes verse 32 a different kind of speech.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

By the sea - Not the mid-land sea, which is commonly understood by that expression, but the salt or dead sea, as appears, 1. Because it is that sea which is next to Jordan, 2.
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

And, after all this, for them to say, We are not able to go up against them, was in effect to say, "God himself is not able to make his words good." It was in effect to give him the lie, and to tell him he had undertaken more than he could perform. We have a short account of their sin, with which they infected the whole congregation, Ps. cvi.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

proposed

The Amalekites - See Num 14:25 note. The Canaanites - i. e. those of the Phoenician race: the word is here used in its narrow sense: compare Gen 10:15-18 note.
The Amalekites - See Num 14:25 note. The Canaanites - i. e. those of the Phoenician race: the word is here used in its narrow sense: compare Gen 10:15-18 note.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • עֲמָלֵ֥קAmalek

    ʾamalekH6002 →39 times

  • יוֹשֵׁ֖ב[is] dwelling

    yoshevH3427 →1079 times

  • בְּאֶ֣רֶץin [the] land of

    beeretzH776 →2504 times

  • הַנֶּ֑גֶבthe Negev

    hanegevH5045 →112 times

  • וְ֠הַֽחִתִּיand the Hittite[s]

    vehachitiH2850 →

  • וְהַיְבוּסִ֤יand the Jebusite[s]

    vehayvusiH2983 →

  • וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙and the Amorite[s]

    vehaemoriH567 →87 times

  • יוֹשֵׁ֣ב[is] dwelling

    yoshevH3427 →1079 times

  • בָּהָ֔רin the hill country

    baharH2022 →546 times

  • וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙and the Canaanite[s]

    vehakenaaniH3669 →73 times

  • יֹשֵׁ֣ב[is] dwelling

    yoshevH3427 →1079 times

  • עַל־at

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַיָּ֔םthe sea

    haiyamH3220 →396 times

  • וְעַ֖לand on

    vealH5921 →5755 times

  • יַ֥ד[the] side of

    yadH3027 →1618 times

  • הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃the Jordan

    haiyardenH3383 →182 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Numbers 14:43For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”4 worksNumbers 14:25Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”4 worksJoshua 5:1Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.4 worksJudges 6:3Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,3 worksNumbers 25:12Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace.3 worksPsalms 83:7of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Exodus 17:8–16After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.2 worksNumbers 24:20Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”2 works1 Samuel 30:1On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.2 works1 Samuel 14:48He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.2 worksGenesis 14:7Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.2 worksNumbers 14:45Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.2 worksExodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.2 works1 Samuel 15:3–9Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”2 worksGenesis 15:19–21the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,2 worksExodus 3:17And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’2 worksJudges 3:3the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.2 worksJoshua 10:5So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Judges 6:3

    Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,

    it leads to

    • Judges 6:33

      Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

    • Judges 3:13

      After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.

    • Judges 7:12

      Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.

    • Isaiah 65:21–22

      They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

    • Genesis 29:1

      Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.

  • Through

    Psalms 83:7

    of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 13:5

      the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.

  • Through

    Numbers 24:20

    Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

    it leads to

    • Exodus 17:14

      Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

  • Through

    Numbers 14:43

    For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 15:2

      So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him,…

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Spies Return from the Promised Land — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Spies Return from the Promised Land — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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