“Then all of you came near me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, that they may explore the land for us and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up and the cities into which we shall come.’ The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from you, one man from each tribe. And they turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied it out. And they took in their hands some of the fruit of the land and brought it down to us, and brought us word again and said, ‘It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.’”
Deuteronomy 1:22-25
Then all of you came near me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, that they may explore the land for us
“Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.””
John 20:29
and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up
Proverbs 30:18 Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand:30:19 the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him,"I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 1:51 And he said to him,"Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."
and the cities into which we shall come.
Hebrews 12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,
The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from you, one man from each tribe. And they turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied it out.
Eshcol H812: The same as אֶשְׁכּוֹל H811: Probably prolonged from אֶשֶׁךְ H810; a bunch of grapes or other fruit: - cluster (of grapes). BDB Lexicon:
Eshcol = "cluster"
And they turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied it out.
“Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him; on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him; he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him. But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.”
Job 23:8-10
“And he said, “Go out and stand on the mount before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.”
1 Kings 19:11
And they took in their hands some of the fruit of the land and brought it down to us,
Luke 6:44 for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush.
and brought us word again and said, ‘It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.’
Psalm 100:5 For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.