Numbers 13:24

What does Numbers 13:24 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 13:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

That place was named the valley of Eshcol because of the grapes which the children of Israel took from there.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

That place hath <FI>one<Fi> called Brook of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut from thence.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And forward as far as the torrent of the cluster of grapes, they cut off a branch with its cluster of grapes, which two men carried upon a lever. They took also of the pomegranates and of the figs of that place:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the grapes which the children of Israel had cut down there.

Context

v.23And they came unto the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it upon a staff between two; they brought also of the pomegranates, and of the figs.

v.24This passage

v.25And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.

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