Numbers 13:19 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?

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
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?

English Standard Version
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
"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
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
Is the land they live in good or bad? Are the cities they live in encampments or fortifications?

International Standard Version
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.

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;

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;

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

17. Get you up this way … , and go up into the mountain—Mount Seir (De 1:2), which lay directly from Sinai across the wilderness of Paran, in a northeasterly direction into the southern parts of the promised land.