Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 13:29
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
29. Apparently a parenthesis by the narrator or compiler, enumerating the inhabitants who occupied respectively (1) the Negeb, (2) the central hills of Palestine and (3) the western coast-lands, and the Jordan valley. See on Num 14:25.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The Amalekites – See Num 14:25 note.
The Canaanites – i. e. those of the Phoenician race: the word is here used in its narrow sense: compare Gen 10:15-18 note.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
The south, where we are to enter the land; and they who were so eager and fierce against us that they came into the wilderness to fight with us, will without doubt oppose us when we come close by their land, and are about to settle in their neighbourhood, the rather, to revenge themselves for their former loss and shame received by us. Therefore they mention them, though they were no Canaanites.
In the mountains, i.e. in the mountainous country in the south-east part of the land; so that you cannot enter there without great difficulty, both because of the noted strength and valour of those people, and because of the advantage they have from the mountains.
By the sea; not the midland sea, which is commonly understood by that expression, but the Salt or Dead Sea, as appears,
1. Because it is that sea which is next to Jordan, as here follows.
2. Because the Canaanites dwelt principally in those parts, and not near the midland sea. So these guard the entrance on the east side, as the others do on the south.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
29. The Amalekites dwell in the landof the southTheir territory lay between the Dead and the RedSeas, skirting the borders of Canaan.
Hittites . . . dwell in themountainsTheir settlements were in the southern andmountainous part of Palestine (Ge23:7).
the Canaanites dwell by theseaThe remnant of the original inhabitants, who had beendispossessed by the Philistines, were divided into two nomadichordesone settled eastward near the Jordan; the other westward, bythe Mediterranean.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south,…. On the southern side of the land of Canaan: not in it, for they were not Canaanites, but neighbours to them, and lay nearest to the camp of Israel, and at the entrance into the land of Canaan; and as they were enemies of Israel, as appears from an attack upon them quickly after they came from the Red sea, in Rephidim, Ex 17:8; and friends to the Canaanites, they would no doubt oppose their passage into their land, as they did, Nu 14:43; this is one difficulty in the way of possessing the land hinted at, others follow:
and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains; and guard the passes there; so that should they escape the Amalekites, or get the better of them, they would not be able to pass the mountains, being so well inhabited and defended; the Hittites seem to dwell about Mount Lebanon, Jos 1:4; the Jebusites inhabited the mountains about Jerusalem, and that itself, which was called by them Jebus, and from which they were not dispossessed until the times of David, 1Ch 11:4; and the Amorites were possessed of the mountain which was on the borders of the land, next to the place where Israel now were, De 1:20;
and the Canaanites dwell by the sea; these dwelt both on the east and on the west of the land, Jos 11:3; so that the western Canaanites dwelt on the shore of the Mediterranean sea, which is often put for the west in Scripture; and the eastern Canaanites dwelt by the Dead sea, or by the sea of Tiberias, called sometimes the lake of Gennesaret, and seems the rather to be meant here by what follows:
and by the coast of Jordan; so that this river was not passable by them; for by all this they would suggest that all avenues and passes were stopped up, so that it was a vain thing to attempt entrance into the land, or to expect ever to possess it.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(29) The land of the south.Better, of the south country, or the Negeb. See Gen. 36:12, and also Num. 13:17 of this Num. and Note.
The mountains.See Gen. 10:15-16, and Num. 13:17 of this Num. and Note.
The Canaanites.See Gen. 10:15-18; Gen. 13:7, and Notes.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
29. Amalekites See Exo 17:8, note. This strong nomadic tribe occupied the Negeb, or south part of Canaan, and they encountered Israel in the battle of Rephidim, near Sinai.
Hittites Or children of Heth. See Jos 1:4; Jos 3:10, notes. One of the points at which modern Oriental research has done much to verify the historical accuracy of the Bible narrative is in the disclosure of the prominence of the Hittite empire in the olden time. Until recently the Hittites were known to the world only in the Bible record. Now they are recognised as one of the great world-powers in their day. The fullest compendium of facts bearing on this point is The Empire of the Hittites, by the Revelation Dr. William Wright, one of the secretaries of the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Jebusites These occupied Jerusalem and vicinity. Jos 3:10, note.
Amorites these were the most formidable. See Jos 3:10, note.
In the mountains These are in the north-east of Et Tih, about seventy miles long and from forty to fifty broad, extending northward to near Beer-sheba. See Deu 1:20, note.
Canaanites The term is here used in its narrow meaning of Lowlanders. See Jos 3:10, note.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Amalekites: Num 14:43, Num 24:20, Gen 14:7, Exo 17:8-16, Jdg 6:3, 1Sa 14:48, 1Sa 15:3-9, 1Sa 30:1, Psa 83:7
the Hittites: Gen 15:19-21, Exo 3:8, Exo 3:17
Reciprocal: Num 14:25 – the Amalekites Num 25:12 – General Jos 5:1 – which were by Jos 11:3 – the Jebusite Jdg 3:3 – Canaanites Amo 2:9 – whose