southward: Numbers 13:21-22; Genesis 12:9, Genesis 13:1; Joshua 15:3; Judges 1:15
the mountain: Numbers 14:40; Genesis 14:10; Deuteronomy 1:44; Judges 1:9, Judges 1:19
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Numbers 13:17
Numbers 13:17
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