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Numbers 13:21–22

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¶ So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
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From verse 21

  1. Numbers 20:1Rank 1 from verse 21
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    1THEN came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

  2. Numbers 33:36Rank 2 from verse 21
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    36And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

  3. Numbers 27:14Rank 3 from verse 21
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    14For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

  4. Joshua 15:1Rank 4 from verse 21
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    1THIS then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.

  5. Joshua 13:5Rank 5 from verse 21
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    5And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.

From verse 22

  1. Psalms 78:12Rank 1 from verse 22
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    12Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

  2. Psalms 78:43Rank 2 from verse 22
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    43How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:

  3. Isaiah 19:11Rank 3 from verse 22
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    11¶ Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

  4. Joshua 15:13–14Rank 4 from verse 22
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    13¶ And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.

    14And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

  5. Isaiah 30:4Rank 5 from verse 22
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    4For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

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Numbers 13:21

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searched

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of search, meaning to seek carefully, examine, explore, or inquire in order to find or know.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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wilderness

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Uncultivated, desolate, sparsely inhabited, or uninhabited land; a desert, wild country, or solitary region.

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Numbers 13:22

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ascended

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of ascend, meaning to go or rise upward to a higher place.

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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20And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.

21¶ So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

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22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

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23And 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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