The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 13:18

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Whether they be strong or weak, few or many. It would appear that Moses was guilty of some indiscretion at least in giving these directions. Whether the people were strong or weak, many or few, should have been nothing to the Israelites.

It was God that gave them the land; they had only to take possession boldly.

More for Numbers 13:18

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

Matthew Henry on Numbers 13:1-20Numbers 13:1-20 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryA 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 unbeli…Missions of the Twelve Spies. (b. c. 1490.)Numbers 13:1-20 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleMISSIONS OF THE TWELVE SPIES. (B. C. 1490.) Here we have, I. Orders given to send spies to search out the land of Canaan. It is here said, God directed Moses to send them (Numbers 13:1-2), but it appears by the repetiti…The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 13:1-33Numbers 13:1-33 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION THE REBELLION AT KADESH (Numbers 13:1-33, Numbers 14:1-45).

commentaryMatthew Henry on Numbers 13:1-20A 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 unbeli…Matthew Henry commentaryMissions of the Twelve Spies. (b. c. 1490.)MISSIONS OF THE TWELVE SPIES. (B. C. 1490.) Here we have, I. Orders given to send spies to search out the land of Canaan. It is here said, God directed Moses to send them (Numbers 13:1-2), but it appears by the repetiti…Matthew Henry commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 13:1-33EXPOSITION THE REBELLION AT KADESH (Numbers 13:1-33, Numbers 14:1-45).Joseph S. Exell and contributors