Numbers 13:27-28

27 Thus they told him, and said, "We went in to the land where you sent us; and ¹it certainly does flow with milk and honey, and ²this is its fruit.

28 "Nevertheless *, ³the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and moreover, we saw ⁴the descendants of Anak there.

Numbers 13:27-28 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 13

In this chapter an order is given by the Lord, to send twelve men into the land of Canaan, to search and spy it, and which was accordingly executed, Nu 13:1-3; and the names of the twelve persons are given, Nu 13:4-16; the instructions they received from Moses, what part of the land they should enter into first, and what observations they should make on it, Nu 13:17-20; which they attended to, and on their return brought some of the fruit of the land with them, Nu 13:21-26; and gave an account of it, that it was a very fruitful land, but the inhabitants mighty, and their cities walled, Nu 13:27-29; which threw the people into confusion, but that they were stilled by Caleb, one of the spies, who encouraged them, Nu 13:30; but all the rest, excepting Joshua, brought an ill report of it, as not to be subdued and conquered by them, Nu 13:31-33.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 3:8, 17; Exodus 13:5
• 2. Deuteronomy 1:25
• 3. Deuteronomy 1:28; Deuteronomy 9:1, 2
• 4. Numbers 13:33

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "born ones"