Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 13:24
The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
24. Eshcol ] ‘a cluster’ (R.V. marg.). The writer explains the name by the incident.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
21-24. So they . . . searched thelandThey advanced from south to north, reconnoitering thewhole land.
the wilderness of Zinalong level plain, or deep valley of sand, the monotony of which isrelieved by a few tamarisk and rethem trees. Under the names of ElGhor and El Araba, it forms the continuation of the Jordan valley,extending from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Akaba.
Rehobor, Beth-rehob,was a city and district situated, according to some, eastward ofSidon; and, according to others, it is the same as El Hule, anextensive and fertile champaign country, at the foot of Anti-libanus,a few leagues below Paneas.
as men come to Hamathor,”the entering in of Hamath” (2Ki14:25), now the valley of Balbeck, a mountain pass or opening inthe northern frontier, which formed the extreme limit in thatdirection of the inheritance of Israel. From the mention of theseplaces, the route of the scouts appears to have been along the courseof the Jordan in their advance; and their return was by the westernborder through the territories of the Sidonians and Philistines.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The place was called the brook of Eshcol,…. That is, in later times:
because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence; the word “Eschol” signifying a “cluster”; and this cluster was typical of Christ, who may be compared to this, as he is to a cluster of camphire, So 1:14; there being in him a “cluster” of all perfections, of all the perfections of deity, the whole fulness of the Godhead dwelling bodily in him; and of all human perfections, he being in all things like unto his people, excepting sin; and there being also a cluster of all the graces and gifts of the Spirit without measure in him, as man; and of all the blessings of grace for his people, as Mediator; and of all the exceeding great and precious promises of the covenant of grace. The “staff”, on which this was carried, may denote the ministration of the Gospel, which may seem mean and despicable in itself, but is the means of carrying the name of Christ, and the things of Christ, about in the world; see Ac 9:15; and the “two” men which bore it, may signify the prophets of the Old Testament, and the ministers of the New, who both agree and join together in setting forth the person, offices, and grace of Christ. Moreover, this cluster may be an emblem of the Spirit of God, and his grace, and of the rich experience the people of God have of it in this present lift, while travellers in the wilderness, as a taste and earnest of the future glory and happiness in the heavenly Canaan.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(24) The place was called . . . This verse states the reason why the valley was so called by the Israelites, but does not determine the question whether it originally derived its name from Eshcol or not.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
brook: or valley.
Eshcol = cluster.
cluster. Hebrew. ‘eshcol.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
brook: or valley, Num 13:23
Eshcol: that is a cluster of grapes
Reciprocal: Num 13:20 – the firstripe Hos 9:10 – grapes