And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
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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
- Valley of Eshcol Place
- Bunch; brave. (1. ) A young Amoritish chief who joined Abraham in the recovery of Lot from the hands of Chedorlaomer ( Gen. 14:13 , 24). (2. ) A valley in which the spies obtained a fine cluster of grapes. Modern identification: Tel Rumeida.