Numbers 13:19
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New International Version (©2011)
What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified?

New Living Translation (©2007)
See what kind of land they live in. Is it good or bad? Do their towns have walls, or are they unprotected like open camps?

English Standard Version (©2001)
and whether the land that they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell in are camps or strongholds,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"How is the land in which they live, is it good or bad? And how are the cities in which they live, are they like open camps or with fortifications?

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And 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;

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Is the land they live in good or bad? Are the cities they live in encampments or fortifications?

International Standard Version (©2012)
Look to see whether the land where they live is good or bad, and whether the cities in which they live are merely tents or if they're fortified.

NET Bible (©2006)
and whether the land they live in is good or bad, and whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or fortified cities,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Is the land they live in good or bad? Do their cities have walls around them or not?

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities there are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;

American King James Version
And 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;

American Standard Version
and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;

Douay-Rheims Bible
The land itself, whether it be good or bad: what manner of cities, walled or without walls:

Darby Bible Translation
and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;

English Revised Version
and 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 camps, or in strong holds;

Webster's Bible Translation
And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;

World English Bible
and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;

Young's Literal Translation
and what the land is in which it is dwelling, whether it is good or bad; and what are the cities in which it is dwelling, whether in camps or in fortresses;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

13:1-20 A memorable and melancholy history is related in this and the following chapter, of the turning back of Israel from the borders of Canaan, and the sentencing them to wander and perish in the wilderness, for their unbelief and murmuring. It appears, De 1:22, that the motion to search out the land came from the people. They had a better opinion of their own policy than of God's wisdom. Thus we ruin ourselves by believing the reports and representations of sense rather than Divine revelation. We walk by sight not by faith. Moses gave the spies this charge, Be of good courage. It was not only a great undertaking they were put upon, which required good management and resolution; but a great trust was reposed in them, which required that they should be faithful. Courage in such circumstances can only spring from strong faith, which Caleb and Joshua alone possessed.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad,.... Whether the air is good, the climate temperate, and the earth well watered, and has good convenience of springs, fountains, and rivers, and so wholesome or healthful; or otherwise, which is the first thing they were directed to observe, though here put in the second place:

and what cities they be they dwell in, whether in tents or strong holds; whether in tents, as the Israelites now lived, and as the Kedarenes, as Aben Ezra notes, and other Arabians, who encamped in tents, or who dwelt in villages, and unwalled towns, unfortified cities, according to the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; or whether in fortified cities, towns, and garrisons; by which it would appear whether it would be easy to come at them, and fall upon them, or difficult to subdue and conquer them; for if their cities were fortified, it would not be so easy to take them, and would require time. Jarchi thinks, that by this it might be known whether they were men of strength and courage, or whether weak and fearful persons; seeing if they dwelt in villages they were strong men, and depended on their own strength, but if they dwelt in fortified cities, they were weak.

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Instructions to the Spies
17And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain: 18And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwells therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; 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;

Numbers 13:18 See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.
Numbers 13:20 How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land." (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)