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עד נחל אשכול. דברי משה ויתכן להיות כמו וירדוף עד דן להיות שם אחר: UNTO THE VALLEY OF ESHCOL. These are the words of Moses.35The valley of Eshcol was not yet so called when the spies came there. However, Moses called it by the name which the Israelites later used in referring to it. It is possible that it is similar to and pursued as far as Dan (Gen. 14:14) in that it had another name.36Dan had two names, Dan and Layish (Jud. 18:29). However, Moses in writing the Torah used the name by which Israel referred to it. So too Nahal Eshcol had another name, and Moses used the name that the Israelites used. For other interpretations, see Filwarg and Meijler.