Bible Cross References
For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
Numbers 13:23-33
23
And they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and there cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they carried it between two of them on a pole. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.
24
The place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut down there.
25
And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
26
And they departed and came to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
27
And they reported to him and said: We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
28
Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very great; moreover we saw those born of Anak there.
29
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and beside the Jordan.
30
And Caleb silenced the people before Moses, and said, Let us arise to go up and take possession, for we are able to prevail.
31
But the men who had gone up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.
32
And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature.
33
There we saw the giants, the sons of Anak of the giants; and we were like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and so we were in their eyes.
Numbers 14:1-10
1
And all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.
2
And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, Oh that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or that only we had died in this wilderness!
3
Why is Jehovah bringing us to this land to fall by the sword, that our wives and children should become prey? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?
4
So they said to one another, Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.
5
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
6
But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, among those who spied out the land, tore their clothes;
7
and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: The land we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.
8
If Jehovah has delighted in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us; a land flowing with milk and honey.
9
Only do not rebel against Jehovah, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their shade has departed from them, and Jehovah is with us. Do not fear them.
10
And all the congregation intended to stone them with stones. And the glory of Jehovah appeared in the tent of meeting before all the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 1:24-28
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And they turned and went up into the mountains, and came to the Valley of Eshcol, and explored it.
25
They also took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us; and they brought back word to us, saying, It is a good land which Jehovah our God is giving to us.
26
Nevertheless you would not go up, but rebelled against the mouth of Jehovah your God;
27
and you murmured in your tents, and said, Because Jehovah hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
28
Where shall we go up? Our brethren have caused our hearts to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to the heavens; moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.