So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
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Interpretation
The searchers of the land brought a bunch of grapes with them, and other fruits, as proofs of the goodness of the country; which was to Israel both the earnest and the specimen of all the fruits of Canaan. Such are the present comforts we have in communion with God, foretastes of the fulness of joy we expect in the heavenly Canaan.
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This thought runs through Numbers 13:21-25.
Glossary
- Lebo-hamath Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Labweh.
- Rehob Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Beqaa Valley.
- Zin Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Zin Desert.