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Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates and figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />When they came to the valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes so large that it took two of them to carry it on a pole between them! They also brought back samples of the pomegranates and figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And they came to the Valley of Eshcol and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; they also brought some pomegranates and figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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 <i>they brought</i> of the pomegranates, and of the figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and there cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they carried it between two of them on a pole. <i>They</i> also <i>brought</i> some of the pomegranates and figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and from there they cut off a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they carried it on a pole between two <i>men,</i> with some of the pomegranates and the figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then they came to the valley of Eshcol and from there cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they carried it on a pole between two men, with some of the pomegranates and the figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then they came to the valley of Eshcol and from there cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they carried it on a pole between two <i>men,</i> with some of the pomegranates and the figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then they came to the valley of Eshcol and from there cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they carried it on a pole between two <i>men</i> with some of the pomegranates and the figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then they came to the Valley of Eshcol (cluster of grapes), and from there cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they carried it on a pole between two of them, with some of pomegranates and the figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they came to Eshcol Valley, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which was carried on a pole by two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which was carried on a pole by two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When they came to the Eshcol Valley, they cut off a branch with only one bunch of grapes on it. They carried it on a pole between two of them. They also brought some pomegranates and figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They came to Eshcol Valley, and there they cut off a branch which had one bunch of grapes on it so heavy that it took two men to carry it on a pole between them. They also brought back some pomegranates and figs. ( <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Soon they arrived in the valley of Eshcol, where they cut a single branch of grapes and carried it on a pole between two men, along with some pomegranates and figs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When they came to the valley of Eshcol, they cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a staff between two men, as well as some of the pomegranates and the figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They came to the Valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes on it, and they bore it on a staff between two. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they came to the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and they come to the Brook of Eshcol, and cut down a branch and one cluster of grapes there, and they carry it on a staff by two, also [some] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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 some of the pomegranates, and of the figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will go up to the valley of Esheol, and will cut off from there a branch and one cluster of grapes, and they will lift upon a rod upon two; and from the pomegranates, and from the figs.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And going forward as far as the torrent of the cluster of grapes, they cut off a branch with its cluster of grapes, which two men carried upon a lever. They took also of the pomegranates and of the figs of that place: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 13:24> And continuing on as far as the Torrent of the Cluster of Grapes, they cut off a vine with its grapes, which two men carried on a board. Likewise, they took from the pomegranates and the figs of that place,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They also reached the Wadi Eshcol, where they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes on it, which two of them carried on a pole, as well as some pomegranates and figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And they came to the Wadi Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them. They also brought some pomegranates and figs.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they came as far as the valley of Segola, and cut down from there a branch with one bunch of grapes, and they carried it between two of them on a pole; and they brought some pomegranates and some figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they came unto the valley of SegulaClusters and they cut from there a vine shoot and one cluster of grapes and they took it away on a pole between two and some pomegranates and some figs.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they came unto the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it upon a pole between two; they took also of the pomegranates, and of the figs.--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they came to the valley of the cluster and surveyed it; and they cut down thence a bough and one cluster of grapes upon it, and bore it on staves, and <i>they took</i> of the pomegranates and the figs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/13-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=4144" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/13.htm">The Spies Explore Canaan</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">22</span>They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt. <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">When they came</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5158.htm" title="5158: na·ḥal (N-msc) -- Or nachlah; or nachalah; from nachal in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; a valley; also a shaft.">the Valley</a> <a href="/hebrew/812.htm" title="812: ’eš·kōl (N-proper-fs) -- An Amorite, also a region of Hebron. The same as 'eshkowl; Eshcol, the name of an Amorite, also of a valley in Palestine.">of Eshcol,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: way·yiḵ·rə·ṯū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">they cut down</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: miš·šām (Prep-m:: Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2156.htm" title="2156: zə·mō·w·rāh (N-fs) -- Branch, twig, shoot. Or zmorah; and zmor; from zamar; a twig.">a branch</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">with a single</a> <a href="/hebrew/811.htm" title="811: wə·’eš·kō·wl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- A cluster. Or meshkol; probably prolonged from 'eshek; a bunch of grapes or other fruit.">cluster</a> <a href="/hebrew/6025.htm" title="6025: ‘ă·nā·ḇîm (N-mp) -- A grape. From an unused root probably meaning to bear fruit; a grape.">of grapes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: way·yiś·śā·’u·hū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp:: 3ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">which they carried</a> <a href="/hebrew/4132.htm" title="4132: ḇam·mō·wṭ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A shaking, pole, bar (of a yoke). From mowt; a wavering, i.e. Fall; by implication, a pole; hence, a yoke.">on a pole</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: biš·nā·yim (Prep-b:: Number-md) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">between two men.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: ū·min- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">They also took some</a> <a href="/hebrew/7416.htm" title="7416: hā·rim·mō·nîm (Art:: N-mp) -- A pomegranate. Or rimmon; from ramam; a pomegranate, the tree or the fruit.">pomegranates</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: ū·min- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8384.htm" title="8384: hat·tə·’ê·nîm (Art:: N-fp) -- Fig tree. Or t:enah; perhaps of foreign derivation; the fig.">and figs.</a> </span><span class="reftext">24</span>Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-24.htm">Deuteronomy 1:24-25</a></span><br />They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land. / They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us word: “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/2-23.htm">Joshua 2:23-24</a></span><br />Then the two men started back, came down from the hill country, and crossed the river. So they came to Joshua son of Nun and reported all that had happened to them. / “The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-25.htm">Nehemiah 9:25</a></span><br />They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-7.htm">Deuteronomy 8:7-8</a></span><br />For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills; / a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/24-13.htm">Joshua 24:13</a></span><br />So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1-2</a></span><br />I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Ezekiel 20:6</a></span><br />On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-33.htm">Psalm 105:33</a></span><br />He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-18.htm">Joel 3:18</a></span><br />And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-13.htm">Amos 9:13-14</a></span><br />“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow. / I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-1.htm">John 15:1-5</a></span><br />“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. / He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. / You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-16.htm">Matthew 7:16-20</a></span><br />By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? / Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. / A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-35.htm">John 4:35-38</a></span><br />Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest. / Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together. / For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-33.htm">Matthew 21:33-41</a></span><br />Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. / When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit. / But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-1.htm">Mark 12:1-9</a></span><br />Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. / At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. / But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they came to the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it between two on a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.</p><p class="hdg">brook.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/13-24.htm">Numbers 13:24</a></b></br> The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/32-9.htm">Numbers 32:9</a></b></br> For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/1-24.htm">Deuteronomy 1:24,25</a></b></br> And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/10-17.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/numbers/10-21.htm">Bearing</a> <a href="/numbers/10-17.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/numbers/4-2.htm">Branch</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-40.htm">Brook</a> <a href="/numbers/10-17.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/micah/7-1.htm">Cluster</a> <a href="/numbers/11-33.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-5.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/genesis/14-24.htm">Eshcol</a> <a href="/numbers/4-12.htm">Pole</a> <a href="/exodus/39-26.htm">Pomegranates</a> <a href="/exodus/4-4.htm">Reached</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-32.htm">Rod</a> <a href="/exodus/37-22.htm">Single</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-32.htm">Staff</a> <a href="/genesis/49-24.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/genesis/37-14.htm">Valley</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/23-3.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-9.htm">Bearing</a> <a href="/numbers/17-8.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-20.htm">Branch</a> <a href="/numbers/13-24.htm">Brook</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-31.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/numbers/13-24.htm">Cluster</a> <a href="/numbers/13-24.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-20.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/numbers/13-24.htm">Eshcol</a> <a href="/numbers/21-8.htm">Pole</a> <a href="/numbers/20-5.htm">Pomegranates</a> <a href="/numbers/21-23.htm">Reached</a> <a href="/numbers/17-2.htm">Rod</a> <a href="/numbers/16-15.htm">Single</a> <a href="/numbers/17-3.htm">Staff</a> <a href="/numbers/13-24.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/numbers/13-24.htm">Valley</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/13-1.htm">The names of the men who were sent to search the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/13-17.htm">Their instructions</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/13-21.htm">Their acts</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/13-26.htm">Their relation</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/numbers/13.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>When they came to the Valley of Eshcol</b><br />The "Valley of Eshcol" is significant both geographically and symbolically. The name "Eshcol" means "cluster" in Hebrew, which is fitting given the abundance of fruit found there. This valley is located in the region of Hebron, a place rich in biblical history, being associated with the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The valley represents a land of promise and abundance, a tangible foretaste of the blessings God had in store for the Israelites. It serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness and the fulfillment of His promises to His people.<p><b>they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes</b><br />The act of cutting down a "branch with a single cluster of grapes" is a vivid illustration of the fertility and richness of the Promised Land. Grapes, in biblical symbolism, often represent joy, abundance, and divine blessing. The Hebrew word for "cluster" (אֶשְׁכּוֹל, eshkol) emphasizes the extraordinary size and quality of the produce, signifying the prosperity that awaited the Israelites. This imagery is a powerful testament to God's provision and the bountiful life He desires for His people.<p><b>which they carried on a pole between two men</b><br />The necessity of carrying the cluster "on a pole between two men" underscores the extraordinary size and weight of the grapes. This detail highlights the superabundance of the land, far beyond ordinary expectations. It serves as a physical manifestation of God's promise to bring His people into a land "flowing with milk and honey" (<a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8</a>). The pole, a simple tool, becomes a symbol of cooperation and shared blessing, as the men work together to transport the evidence of God's faithfulness.<p><b>along with some pomegranates and figs</b><br />The inclusion of "pomegranates and figs" further emphasizes the fertility and diversity of the land's produce. Pomegranates, with their numerous seeds, symbolize fruitfulness and prosperity, while figs are often associated with peace and security in the biblical narrative. These fruits, alongside the grapes, paint a picture of a land that is not only sufficient but abundant in every good thing. They serve as a reminder of the richness of God's provision and the completeness of His promises.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) <span class= "bld">The brook of Eshcol.--</span>This is commonly identified with the valley of Hebron. Ritter says that the reputation of the grapes of Hebron is so great throughout all Palestine that there is no difficulty in believing that the valley of Eshcol was that which is directly north of the city of Hebron. The valley may have derived its name originally from Eshcol, the brother of Mamre the Amorite (<a href="/genesis/14-13.htm" title="And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelled in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.">Genesis 14:13</a>). In like manner the name of Mamre appears to have been transferred to the tree, or grove, of Mamre, which was opposite to the cave of Machpelah (<a href="/genesis/23-17.htm" title="And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure">Genesis 23:17</a>); and in this manner Eshcol is closely connected with Hebron in <a href="/genesis/23-19.htm" title="And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.">Genesis 23:19</a> as it is in the present chapter.<p><span class= "bld">Upon a staff.--</span>The majority of travellers concur in estimating the weight of the largest clusters commonly produced in Palestine at about ten or twelve pounds. Kitto, however, mentions an instance of a bunch of Syrian grapes produced in our own country weighing nineteen pounds, which was sent by the Duke of Portland to the Marquis of Rockingham, and which was carried more than twenty miles by four labourers, two of whom bore it by rotation upon a staff. The greatest diameter of this cluster was nineteen inches and a half (<span class= "ital">Pictorial Bible, </span>in loc., 1855). The arrangement referred to in the text was probably made, not because the weight was too great for one person to carry, but in order to prevent the grapes from being crushed. The pomegranates and figs, which are still some of the most important fruits of Hebron (see <span class= "ital">The Land and the Book, </span>p. 583), were probably carried on the same pole. The words may be rendered thus: <span class= "ital">"And they bare it between two upon a staff; also some of the pomegranates and of the figs." </span>This incident has obvious reference to the homeward journey of the spies. As the grapes of Eshcol were to the Israelites both a pledge and a specimen of the fruits of Canaan, so the communion which believers have with God on earth is a pledge as well as a foretaste of the blessedness of heaven.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 23.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The</span> <span class="cmt_word">brook of Eshcol.</span> Rather, "the valley of Eshcol," for it is not a land of brooks. Probably between Hebron and Jerusalem, where the grapes are still exceptionally fine, and the dusters of great size. <span class="cmt_word">They bare it between two on a staff,</span> not on account of its weight, but simply in order not to spoil it. Common sense dictates the like precaution still in like cases. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/13-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When they came</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Valley</span><br /><span class="heb">נַ֣חַל</span> <span class="translit">(na·ḥal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5158.htm">Strong's 5158: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Eshcol,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶשְׁכֹּ֗ל</span> <span class="translit">(’eš·kōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_812.htm">Strong's 812: </a> </span><span class="str2">Eshcol -- an Amorite, also a region of Hebron</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they cut down</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּכְרְת֨וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiḵ·rə·ṯū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a branch</span><br /><span class="heb">זְמוֹרָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(zə·mō·w·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2156.htm">Strong's 2156: </a> </span><span class="str2">Branch, twig, shoot</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with a single</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶחָ֔ד</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḥāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> </span><span class="str2">United, one, first</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cluster</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶשְׁכּ֤וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eš·kō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_811.htm">Strong's 811: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bunch of grapes, other fruit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of grapes,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲנָבִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·nā·ḇîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6025.htm">Strong's 6025: </a> </span><span class="str2">A grape</span><br /><br /><span class="word">which they carried</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשָּׂאֻ֥הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiś·śā·’u·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on a pole</span><br /><span class="heb">בַמּ֖וֹט</span> <span class="translit">(ḇam·mō·wṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4132.htm">Strong's 4132: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wavering, fall, a pole, a yoke</span><br /><br /><span class="word">between two men.</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּשְׁנָ֑יִם</span> <span class="translit">(biš·nā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Number - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">They also took some</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִן־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pomegranates</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִמֹּנִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rim·mō·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7416.htm">Strong's 7416: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pomegranate, the tree, the fruit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and figs.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַתְּאֵנִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(hat·tə·’ê·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8384.htm">Strong's 8384: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of foreign derivation, the fig</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/13-23.htm">Numbers 13:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/13-23.htm">Numbers 13:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/13-23.htm">Numbers 13:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/13-23.htm">Numbers 13:23 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/13-23.htm">Numbers 13:23 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/13-23.htm">Numbers 13:23 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/13-23.htm">Numbers 13:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/13-23.htm">Numbers 13:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/13-23.htm">Numbers 13:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/13-23.htm">Numbers 13:23 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/13-23.htm">OT Law: Numbers 13:23 They came to the valley of Eshcol (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/13-22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 13:22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 13:22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/13-24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 13:24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 13:24" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>