So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
First ripe (præcoquæ:) Hebrew literally, "the first-born. "Septuagint, "the days of spring, forerunners of the grape. "In Madeira, grapes ripen in March. Some suppose the messengers departed in June, others in July. In Palestine, they have fresh grapes from the end of June till Martinmas , and three vintages, in August, and in each of the two following months.
