Numbers 13:17 {18}
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And Moses sent them to view the land of Chanaan, and said to them: Go you up by the south side. And when you shall come to the mountains,

southward

Numbers 13:21,22 And when they were gone up, they viewed the land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into Emath. . . .

Genesis 12:9 And Abram went forward, going and proceeding on to the south.

Genesis 13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him into the south.

Joshua 15:3 And it goeth out towards the ascent of the Scorpion, and passeth on to Sina: and ascendeth into Cadesbarne, and reacheth into Esron, going up to Addar, and compassing Carcaa.

Judges 1:15 But she answered: Give me a blessing, for thou hast given me a dry land: give me also a watery land So Caleb gave her the upper and the nether watery ground.

the mountain

Numbers 14:40 And behold rising up very early in the morning, they went up to the top of the mountain, and said: We are ready to go up to the place, of which the Lord hath spoken: for we have sinned.

Genesis 14:10 Now the woodland vale had many pits of slime. And the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrha turned their backs, and were overthrown there: and they that remained, fled to the mountain.

Deuteronomy 1:44 And the Amorrhite that dwelt in the mountains coming out, and meeting you, chased you, as bees do: and made slaughter of you from Seir as far as Horma.

Judges 1:9,19 And afterwards they went down and fought against the Chanaanite, who dwelt in the mountains, and in the south, and in the plains. . . .

Context
The Spies Explore Canaan
16These are the names of the men, whom Moses sent to view the land: and he called Osee the son of Nun, Josue. 17And Moses sent them to view the land of Chanaan, and said to them: Go you up by the south side. And when you shall come to the mountains,18View the land, of what sort it is, and the people that are the inhabitants thereof, whether they be strong or weak: few in number or many:…
Cross References
Genesis 12:9
And Abram went forward, going and proceeding on to the south.

Genesis 13:1
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him into the south.

Genesis 13:3
And he returned by the way, that he came, from the south to Bethel, to the place where before he had pitched his tent between Bethel and Hai,

Genesis 13:17
Arise and walk through the land in the length, and the breadth thereof: for I will give it to thee.

Numbers 13:18
View the land, of what sort it is, and the people that are the inhabitants thereof, whether they be strong or weak: few in number or many:

Numbers 13:22
And they went up at the south side, and came to Hebron, where were Achiman and Sisai and Tholmai the sons of Enac. For Hebron was built seven years before Tanis the city of Egypt.

Numbers 13:29
Amalec dwelleth in the south, the Hethite and the Jebusite and the Amorrhite in the mountains: but the Chanaanite abideth by the sea and near the streams of the Jordan.

Lexicon
When Moses
מֹשֶׁ֔ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

sent
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (way·yiš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

them
אֹתָם֙ (’ō·ṯām)
Direct object marker | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

to spy out
לָת֖וּר (lā·ṯūr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 8446: To meander, about, for, trade, reconnoitring

the land
אֶ֣רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

of Canaan,
כְּנָ֑עַן (kə·nā·‘an)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3667: Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan

he told
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

them,
אֲלֵהֶ֗ם (’ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

“Go up
עֲל֥וּ (‘ă·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

through the Negev,
בַּנֶּ֔גֶב (ban·ne·ḡeḇ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5045: South country, the Negeb, south

and
וַעֲלִיתֶ֖ם (wa·‘ă·lî·ṯem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

into the hill country.
הָהָֽר׃ (hā·hār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country


Additional Translations
When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:

And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:

And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Chanaan, and said to them, Go up by this wilderness; and ye shall go up to the mountain,

And Moses sent them to search out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the south and go up into the hill-country,

And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way by the South, and go up into the mountains:

And Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go ye up this way southward, and ascend the mountain:

Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill country:

And Moses sendeth them to spy the land of Canaan, and saith unto them, 'Go ye up this way into the south, and ye have gone up the mountain,
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