Bible Commentary

Numbers 13:24

Numbers 13:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

brook: or valley,

Eshcol: that is a cluster of grapes

The Daily Devotional

One devotional. Every morning.

The full reading, the passage behind it, and where to go deeper — in your inbox before the day starts. No ads, ever.

We'll send one email to confirm it's really you. Unsubscribe in one tap, any time.

Continue tomorrow

Turn Bible study into a daily habit

Read today's devotional, save your progress, and receive a gentle daily reminder.

Recommended reading

More for Numbers 13:24

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

Numbers 13 — OverviewNumbers 13 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIt is a memorable and very melancholy story which is related in this and the following chapter, of the turning back of Israel from the borders of Canaan, when they were just ready to set foot in it, and the…Numbers 13 — OverviewNumbers 13 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeNumbers 13:1, The names of the men who were sent to search the land; Numbers 13:17, Their instructions; Numbers 13:21, Their acts; Numbers 13:26, Their relation.Numbers 13 — OverviewNumbers 13 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn 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; and the names of the twelve persons are given, Nu 13:4; the…Numbers 13:1-33Numbers 13:1-33 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION THE REBELLION AT KADESH (Numbers 13:1-33, Numbers 14:1-45).Numbers 13:21-25Numbers 13:21-25 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here a short account of the survey which the spies made of the promised land. 1. They went quite through it, from Zin in the south, to Rehob, near Hamath, in the north, v. 21. See ch. xxxiv. 3, 8. It is…Numbers 13:24Numbers 13:24 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster. It is very probable that it was already known as the valley of Eshcol, from the friend of Abraham, who bore that name and lived in that neighbourhood…