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Numbers 13:21

So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.

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ASV

So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.

KJV

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

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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּvai.ya.'a.Luand they went upH5927 →
וַיָּתֻ֣רוּvai.ya.Tu.ruand they spied outH8446 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
מִמִּדְבַּר־mi.mid.bar-from [the] wilderness ofH4057 →
צִ֥ןtzinZinH6790 →
עַד־'ad-toH5704 →
רְחֹ֖בre.ChoRehobH7340 →
לְבֹ֥אle.Vo'LeboH935 →
חֲמָֽת׃cha.MatHamathH2574 →

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Numbers 33:36They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.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 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 Wilderness of Zin.Numbers 34:8and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,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:Jeremiah 52:9The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.2 Kings 14:25This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.Judges 18:28There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.Ezekiel 47:16On the north side it will extend from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon through Lebo-hamath to Zedad, Berothah, and Sibraim (which is on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran.Joshua 13:5the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.Jeremiah 49:23Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.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.2 Samuel 8:9When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,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,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?Numbers 34:4cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,2 Chronicles 8:3Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.Zechariah 9:2and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.

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