Numbers 13:25
And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
KJV
qui appellatus est Nehelescol, id est Torrens botri, eo quod botrum portassent inde filii Israël.
Vulgate
τὸν τόπον ἐκεῖνον ἐπωνόμασαν Φάραγξ βότρυος, διὰ τὸν βότρυν ὃν ἔκοψαν ἐκεῖθεν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ.
LXX
And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
ASV
וַ/יָּשֻׁ֖בוּ מִ/תּ֣וּר הָ/אָ֑רֶץ מִ/קֵּ֖ץ אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יֽוֹם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים
'rb'ym
adjective · 135×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
קֵּ֖ץ
qts
noun · 66×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
ת֣וּר
tvr
verb · 23×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers the rebellion of Korah, the spies sent to Canaan, the 40 years of wandering, Balaam's oracles, the conquest of Transjordan, and the death of Moses. Josephus portrays Moses as one of the greatest legislators in human history.
Cross-references
- Exod 34:28 — And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
- Num 14:34 — After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.