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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.

  6. 2 Samuel 8:9Rank 6 from verse 21
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    9¶ When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

  7. Amos 6:2Rank 7 from verse 21
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    2Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

  8. Deuteronomy 32:51Rank 8 from verse 21
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    51Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.

  9. Numbers 34:3–4Rank 9 from verse 21
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    3Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:

    4And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon:

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.

  6. Joshua 11:21–22Rank 6 from verse 22
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    21¶ And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.

    22There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.

  7. Judges 1:10Rank 7 from verse 22
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    10And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

  8. 2 Samuel 2:1Rank 8 from verse 22
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    1AND it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the Lord said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.

  9. 2 Samuel 2:11Rank 9 from verse 22
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    11And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

  10. Genesis 13:18Rank 10 from verse 22
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    18Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.

  11. Genesis 23:2Rank 11 from verse 22
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    2And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

  12. Isaiah 19:13Rank 12 from verse 22
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    13The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.

  13. Joshua 14:13–15Rank 13 from verse 22
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    13And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

    14Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.

    15And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

  14. Joshua 21:13Rank 14 from verse 22
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    13¶ Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

  15. Numbers 13:17Rank 15 from verse 22
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    17¶ And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:

  16. Numbers 13:33Rank 16 from verse 22
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    33And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

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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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13:21¶ So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

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13:22And 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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13:23And 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.

13:24The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

13:25And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

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