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23-24 When they got to Bunch Valley,[a] they cut off a branch with such a huge bunch of grapes, that it took two men to carry it on a pole. That's why the place was called Bunch Valley. Along with the grapes, they also took back pomegranates[b] and figs.

The Men Report Back to the People

25 After exploring the land of Canaan for 40 days,

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Footnotes

  1. 13.23,24 Bunch Valley: Or “Eshcol Valley.”
  2. 13.23,24 pomegranates: A bright red fruit that looks like an apple.

23 When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,[a](A) they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates(B) and figs.(C) 24 That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there. 25 At the end of forty days(D) they returned from exploring the land.(E)

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  1. Numbers 13:23 Eshkol means cluster; also in verse 24.

23 And 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.

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

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

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