Discovery BoxNumbers 13:26-27 
Context13:26 They came back 1 to Moses and Aaron and to the whole community of the Israelites in the wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. 2 They reported 3 to the whole community and showed the fruit of the land. 13:27 They told Moses, 4 “We went to the land where you sent us. 5 It is indeed flowing with milk and honey, 6 and this is its fruit.
1 tn The construction literally has “and they went and they entered,” which may be smoothed out as a verbal hendiadys, the one verb modifying the other.
2 sn Kadesh is Ain Qadeis, about 50 miles (83 km) south of Beer Sheba. It is called Kadesh-barnea in Num 32:8.
3 tn Heb “They brought back word”; the verb is the Hiphil preterite of שׁוּב (shuv).
4 tn Heb “told him and said.” The referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn The relative clause modifies “the land.” It is constructed with the relative and the verb: “where you sent us.”
6 sn This is the common expression for the material abundance of the land (see further, F. C. Fensham, “An Ancient Tradition of the Fertility of Palestine,” PEQ 98 [1966]: 166-67).
