Numbers 13:20 {21}
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The ground, fat or barren, woody or without trees. Be of good courage, and bring us of the fruits of the land. Now it was the time when the firstripe grapes are fit to be eaten.

whether it be

Nehemiah 9:25,35 And they took strong cities and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods: cisterns made by others, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: and they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and abounded with delight in thy great goodness. . . .

Ezekiel 34:14 I will feed them in the most fruitful pastures, and their pastures shall be in the high mountains of Israel: there shall they rest on the green grass, and be fed in fat pastures upon the mountains of Israel.

good courage

Numbers 13:30,31 In the mean time Caleb, to still the murmuring of the people that rose against Moses, said: Let us go up and possess the land, for we shall be able to conquer it. . . .

Deuteronomy 31:6-8,23 Do manfully and be of good heart: fear not, nor be ye dismayed at their sight: for the Lord thy God he himself is thy leader, and will not leave thee nor forsake thee. . . .

Joshua 1:6,9 Take courage, and be strong: for thou shalt divide by lot to this people the land for which I swore to their fathers, that I would deliver it to them. . . .

Joshua 2:3,22,23 And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying: Bring forth the men that came to thee, and are entered into thy house: for they are spies, and are come to view all the land. . . .

1 Chronicles 22:11 Now then, my son, the Lord be with thee, and do thou prosper, and build the house to the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken of thee.

Hebrews 13:6 So that we may confidently say: The Lord is my helper: I will not fear what man shall do to me.

the first-ripe

Numbers 13:23,24 And forward as far as the torrent of the cluster of grapes, they cut off a branch with its cluster of grapes, which two men carried upon a lever. They took also of the pomegranates and of the figs of that place: . . .

Micah 7:1 Woe is me, for I am become as one that gleaneth in autumn the grapes of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat, my soul desired the first ripe figs.

Context
The Spies Explore Canaan
19The land itself, whether it be good or bad: what manner of cities, walled or without walls: 20The ground, fat or barren, woody or without trees. Be of good courage, and bring us of the fruits of the land. Now it was the time when the firstripe grapes are fit to be eaten.21And when they were gone up, they viewed the land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into Emath.…
Cross References
Numbers 13:19
The land itself, whether it be good or bad: what manner of cities, walled or without walls:

Deuteronomy 1:24
Who, when they had set forward and had gone up to the mountains, came as far as the valley of the cluster: and having viewed the land,

Deuteronomy 1:25
Taking of the fruits thereof, to shew its fertility, they brought them to us, and said: The land is good, which the Lord our God will give us.

Deuteronomy 31:6
Do manfully and be of good heart: fear not, nor be ye dismayed at their sight: for the Lord thy God he himself is thy leader, and will not leave thee nor forsake thee.

Deuteronomy 31:23
And the Lord commanded Josue the son of Nun, and said: Take courage, and be valiant: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I have promised, and I will be with thee.

Daniel 11:24
And he shall enter into rich and plentiful cities: and he shall do that which his fathers never did, nor his fathers' fathers: he shall scatter their spoils, and their prey, and their riches, and shall forecast devices against the best fenced places: and this until a time.

Lexicon
Is the soil
הָ֠אָרֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

fertile
הַשְּׁמֵנָ֨ה (haš·šə·mê·nāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8082: Greasy, gross, rich

or
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

unproductive?
רָזָ֗ה (rā·zāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7330: Thin

Are there
הֲיֵֽשׁ־ (hă·yêš-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3426: Being, substance, existence, is

trees
עֵץ֙ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood

in it
בָּ֥הּ (bāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

or
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

not?
אַ֔יִן (’a·yin)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

Be courageous,
וְהִ֨תְחַזַּקְתֶּ֔ם (wə·hiṯ·ḥaz·zaq·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

and bring back
וּלְקַחְתֶּ֖ם (ū·lə·qaḥ·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

some of the fruit
מִפְּרִ֣י (mip·pə·rî)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6529: Fruit

of the land.”
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

(It was the season
וְהַ֨יָּמִ֔ים (wə·hay·yā·mîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

for the first ripe
בִּכּוּרֵ֥י (bik·kū·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1061: The first-fruits of the crop

grapes.)
עֲנָבִֽים׃ (‘ă·nā·ḇîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6025: A grape


Additional Translations
Is the soil fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous, and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be you of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes.

and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is 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 first-ripe grapes.

And what the land is, whether rich or poor; whether there are trees in it or no: and ye shall persevere and take of the fruits of the land: and the days were the days of spring, the forerunners of the grape.

and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there are trees in it, or not. And take courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first grapes.

and 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.

And what the land is, whether it is fertile or barren, whether there is wood in it, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes.

and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood therein, or not. Be courageous, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes."

And what the land is, whether it is fat or lean; whether there is wood in it or not; and ye have strengthened yourselves, and have taken of the fruit of the land;' and the days are days of the first-fruits of grapes.
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