Passage Research
Numbers 13 — Sermon Preparation
Twelve spies scout Canaan for forty days; ten report that the land cannot be taken because of powerful inhabitants, while Caleb urges immediate advance. Below is a research summary for Numbers 13, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Numbers 13 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מַטֶּה | maṭṭeh | H4294 | 14 | branch, extending |
| תּוּר | tûwr | H8446 | 7 | meander, guide |
| עָלָה | ʻâlâh | H5927 | 8 | ascend, high |
| יָשַׁב | yâshab | H3427 | 8 | sit, dwell |
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 7 | Mosheh |
| שָׁלַח | shâlach | H7971 | 6 | send |
| עָנָק | ʻÂnâq | H6061 | 3 | Anak |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Numbers 13, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“A memorable and melancholy history is related in this and the following chapter, of the turning back of Israel from the borders of Canaan, and the sentencing them to wander and perish in the wilderness, for their unbelief and murmuring. It appears, De 1:22, that the motion to search out the land came from the people. They had a better opinion of their own policy than of God's wisdom. Thus we ruin ourselves by believing the reports and representations of sense rather than Divine revelation. We walk by sight not by faith. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Numbers 13:1–20 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Canaan— Num 13:17
- Negeb— Num 13:17
- Lebo-hamath— Num 13:21
- Rehob 1— Num 13:21
- Zin 1— Num 13:21
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