Numbers 13:27 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 13:27

And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And 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.

KJV

And 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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

God had promised them a land flowing with milk and honey, and the evil spies themselves own that it is such a land. Thus even out of the mouth of adversaries will God be glorified and the truth of his promise attested.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְסַפְּרוּ־	vay.sa.pe.ru-	and they recounted	H5608 →
לוֹ֙	lo	to <the> him
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ	vai.Yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
בָּ֕אנוּ	Ba.nu	we went	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
הָאָ֖רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
שְׁלַחְתָּ֑נוּ	she.lach.Ta.nu	you sent us	H7971 →
וְ֠גַם	Ve.gam	and also	H1571 →
זָבַ֨ת	za.Vat	[is] flowing of	H2100 →
חָלָ֥ב	cha.Lav	milk	H2461 →
וּדְבַ֛שׁ	u.de.Vash	and honey	H1706 →
הִ֖וא	hi'	it	H1931 →
וְזֶה־	ve.zeh-	and this	H2088 →
פִּרְיָֽהּ׃	pir.Yah	[is] fruit its	H6529 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 3:8
I 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…
leads to
- Genesis 50:24
  Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac,…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 3:17
  And 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.’
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 15:18–21
  On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- Exodus 13:5
  And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and…
- Deuteronomy 1:25
  They 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.”
Through
Exodus 13:5
And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and…
leads to
- Exodus 3:8
  I 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…
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 24:11
  After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Exodus 33:3
Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”
leads to
- Exodus 32:9–10
  The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.