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Good News Translation
When Moses sent them out, he said to them, "Go north from here into the southern part of the land of Canaan and then on into the hill country.

New Revised Standard Version
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up there into the Negeb, and go up into the hill country,

Contemporary English Version
Before Moses sent them into Canaan, he said: After you go through the Southern Desert of Canaan, continue north into the hill country

New American Bible
In sending them to reconnoiter the land of Canaan, Moses said to them, “Go up there in the Negeb, up into the highlands,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Moses sent them to view the land of Chanaan, and said to them: Go you up by the south side. And when you shall come to the mountains,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Moses sent them to view the land of Chanaan, and said to them: Go you up by the south side. And when you shall come to the mountains,

southward

Numbers 13:21,22 And when they were gone up, they viewed the land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into Emath. . . .

Genesis 12:9 And Abram went forward, going and proceeding on to the south.

Genesis 13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him into the south.

Joshua 15:3 And it goeth out towards the ascent of the Scorpion, and passeth on to Sina: and ascendeth into Cadesbarne, and reacheth into Esron, going up to Addar, and compassing Carcaa.

Judges 1:15 But she answered: Give me a blessing, for thou hast given me a dry land: give me also a watery land So Caleb gave her the upper and the nether watery ground.

the mountain

Numbers 14:40 And behold rising up very early in the morning, they went up to the top of the mountain, and said: We are ready to go up to the place, of which the Lord hath spoken: for we have sinned.

Genesis 14:10 Now the woodland vale had many pits of slime. And the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrha turned their backs, and were overthrown there: and they that remained, fled to the mountain.

Deuteronomy 1:44 And the Amorrhite that dwelt in the mountains coming out, and meeting you, chased you, as bees do: and made slaughter of you from Seir as far as Horma.

Judges 1:9,19 And afterwards they went down and fought against the Chanaanite, who dwelt in the mountains, and in the south, and in the plains. . . .

Context
The Spies Explore Canaan
…16These are the names of the men, whom Moses sent to view the land: and he called Osee the son of Nun, Josue. 17And Moses sent them to view the land of Chanaan, and said to them: Go you up by the south side. And when you shall come to the mountains,18View the land, of what sort it is, and the people that are the inhabitants thereof, whether they be strong or weak: few in number or many:…
Cross References
Genesis 12:9
And Abram went forward, going and proceeding on to the south.

Genesis 13:1
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him into the south.

Genesis 13:3
And he returned by the way, that he came, from the south to Bethel, to the place where before he had pitched his tent between Bethel and Hai,

Genesis 13:17
Arise and walk through the land in the length, and the breadth thereof: for I will give it to thee.

Numbers 13:18
View the land, of what sort it is, and the people that are the inhabitants thereof, whether they be strong or weak: few in number or many:

Numbers 13:22
And they went up at the south side, and came to Hebron, where were Achiman and Sisai and Tholmai the sons of Enac. For Hebron was built seven years before Tanis the city of Egypt.

Numbers 13:29
Amalec dwelleth in the south, the Hethite and the Jebusite and the Amorrhite in the mountains: but the Chanaanite abideth by the sea and near the streams of the Jordan.

Numbers 13:16
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