Numbers 13:23

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“When 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.”

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BSBPD

“When 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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And they came unto the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it upon a staff between two; they brought also of the pomegranates, and of the figs.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and they come in unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch and one cluster of grapes, and they bear it on a staff by two, also <FI>some<Fi> of the pomegranates, and of the figs.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 13:23 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 13:24Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.
  2. Numbers 32:9For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.
  3. Deuteronomy 1:24They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.
  4. Deuteronomy 8:8a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;
  5. Judges 16:4Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

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