The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
What does Numbers 13:24 mean?
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.
Key themes
Justice and mercyPilgrimageRebellionJudgment
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Keep this verse inside Numbers 13:21-25 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
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Glossary
- Valley of Eshcol Place
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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.