Verse 17

The Spies’ Instructions When Moses sent them to investigate the land of Canaan, he told them,“Go up through the Negev, and then go up into the hill country

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 12:9 : 9 Abram continually journeyed by stages down to the Negev.
  • Judg 1:9 : 9 Later the men of Judah went down to attack the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the foothills.
  • Judg 1:15 : 15 She answered,“Please give me a special present. Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
  • Judg 1:19 : 19 The LORD was with the men of Judah. They conquered the hill country, but they could not conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.
  • Gen 13:1 : 1 Abram’s Solution to the Strife So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot.
  • Gen 14:10 : 10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them, but some survivors fled to the hills.
  • Num 13:21-22 : 21 The Spies’ Activities So they went up and investigated the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, at Lebo Hamath. 22 When they went up through the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living.(Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
  • Num 13:29 : 29 The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.”
  • Num 14:40 : 40 And early in the morning they went up to the crest of the hill country, saying,“Here we are, and we will go up to the place that the LORD commanded, for we have sinned.”
  • Deut 1:44 : 44 The Amorite inhabitants of that area confronted you and chased you like a swarm of bees, striking you down from Seir as far as Hormah.
  • Josh 15:3 : 3 extended south of the Scorpion Ascent, crossed to Zin, went up from the south to Kadesh Barnea, crossed to Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka.