Numbers 13:17

The Spies’ Instructions

13:17 When Moses sent ¹  them to investigate the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev, ²  and then go up into the hill country

Numbers 14:7

14:7 They said to the whole community of the Israelites, “The land we passed through to investigate is an exceedingly ³  good land.

Numbers 15:23

15:23 all that the Lord has commanded you by the authority ⁴  of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded Moses and continuing through your future generations –

Numbers 20:18

20:18 But Edom said to him, “You will not pass through me, ⁵  or I will come out against ⁶  you with the sword.”

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¹ tn The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive is here subordinated to the next verb of the same formation to express a temporal clause.

² tn The instructions had them first go up into the southern desert of the land, and after passing through that, into the hill country of the Canaanites. The text could be rendered “into the Negev” as well as “through the Negev.”

³ tn The repetition of the adverb מְאֹד (mÿ’od) is used to express this: “very, very [good].”

⁴ tn Heb “hand.”

⁵ tn The imperfect tense here has the nuance of prohibition.

⁶ tn Heb “to meet.”