Num 13:21 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Num 13:21-24: 13:21-24 The spies explored the land, which was unusually fertile in contrast with the Sinai wilderness. 13:21 It was about 275 miles from the wilderness of Zin, located roughly between the wilderness of Paran and the southern frontier of Canaan (see 34:3-5 ; Josh 15:1-4 ), to Lebo-hamath (“entrance of Hamath,” either a notable mountain pass or another city near Hamath) in Syria. • The exact location of Rehob is uncertain, but it was probably the same as Old Testament Beth-rehob, situated near a major route to Hamath. The text thus already identifies the approximate borders of the Promised Land (see 1 Kgs 8:65 ). The phrase “from Dan to Beersheba” (Judg 20:1 ; 2 Sam 3:10 ), frequently used to demarcate Israel’s traditional boundaries, referred to a considerably smaller area than the territory visited by Israel’s spies.

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‏ Numbers 13:21

Summary for Num 13:21-24: 13:21-24 ^a The spies explored the land, which was unusually fertile in contrast with the Sinai wilderness. 13:21 ^b It was about 275 miles from the wilderness of Zin, located roughly between the wilderness of Paran and the southern frontier of Canaan (see 34:3-5 ^c; Josh 15:1-4 ^d), to Lebo-hamath (“entrance of Hamath,” either a notable mountain pass or another city near Hamath) in Syria.

• The exact location of Rehob is uncertain, but it was probably the same as Old Testament Beth-rehob, situated near a major route to Hamath. The text thus already identifies the approximate borders of the Promised Land (see 1 Kgs 8:65 ^e). The phrase “from Dan to Beersheba” (Judg 20:1 ^f; 2 Sam 3:10 ^g), frequently used to demarcate Israel’s traditional boundaries, referred to a considerably smaller area than the territory visited by Israel’s spies.