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Numbers 13:20

Is the soil fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous, and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)

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ASV

and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is 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 first-ripe grapes.

KJV

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.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּמָ֣הu.Mahand what?H4100 →
הָ֠אָרֶץHa.'a.retz[is] the landH776 →
הַשְּׁמֵנָ֨הha.she.me.Nah¿ fatH8082 →
הִ֜ואhi'[is] itH1931 →
אִם־'im-or?H518 →
רָזָ֗הra.ZahleanH7330 →
הֲיֵֽשׁ־ha.yesh-¿ [is] thereH3426 →
בָּ֥הּbahin <the> it
עֵץ֙'etzwoodH6086 →
אִם־'im-or?H518 →
אַ֔יִן'A.yinnotH369 →
וְהִ֨תְחַזַּקְתֶּ֔םve.Hit.cha.zak.Temand you will show yourselves strongH2388 →
וּלְקַחְתֶּ֖םu.le.kach.Temand you will takeH3947 →
מִפְּרִ֣יmi.pe.Risome of [the] fruit ofH6529 →
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
וְהַ֨יָּמִ֔יםve.Hai.ya.Mimand the daysH3117 →
יְמֵ֖יye.Mei[were the] days ofH3117 →
בִּכּוּרֵ֥יbi.ku.Rei[the] first-fruits ofH1061 →
עֲנָבִֽים׃'a.na.VimgrapesH6025 →

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Deuteronomy 31:23Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”Ezekiel 34:14I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.Deuteronomy 31:6–8Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”Nehemiah 9:25They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.Nehemiah 9:35For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.2 Samuel 10:12Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”Joshua 1:6Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.Joshua 2:22–23So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.Joshua 2:3So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab and said, “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole land.”Hebrews 13:6So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”Deuteronomy 1:25They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us word: “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.”Joshua 1:9Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”1 Chronicles 22:11Now, my son, may the LORD be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as He said you would.Micah 7:1Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.Numbers 13:23–24When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.Numbers 13:30–31Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”Genesis 27:28May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth—an abundance of grain and new wine.

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The Spies Return from the Promised Land — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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