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Numbers 13:19 Explained in Context
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Verse 19. 19And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
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Role in This Section
Numbers 13:19 within “Moses Defines the Reconnaissance Questions,” states this boundary, request, response, or travel consequence; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds.
Read It With
- Numbers 13:17–20
Read Numbers 13:19 with 13:17–20. It within “Moses Defines the Reconnaissance Questions,” states this boundary, request, response, or travel consequence; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: Moses directs the scouts through the south into the hills and asks them to assess people, strength, settlement, land quality, cities, soil, forests, and fruit, urging courage during first-grape season.
Why It Needs Context
Numbers 13:19 within “Moses Defines the Reconnaissance Questions,” states this boundary, request, response, or travel consequence; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds. Its responsible force depends on 13:17–20; isolated from “Moses Defines the Reconnaissance Questions,” the verse's actor, action, reason, object, or transition could be mistaken for independent teaching.
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Read Numbers 13:17–20 — Moses Defines the Reconnaissance QuestionsSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: Numbers 13:17–20, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Numbers
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, release 2.2, 2021
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, numbers, speeches, poems, legal clauses, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Num.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 13:17–20
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