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How big were the Eshcol grapes?

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Nu 13:

23 They came to the Valley of Eshcol and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; they also brought some pomegranates and figs. 24 That place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster that the people of Israel cut down from there.
Eshcol meant cluster.

How big were the Eshcol grapes?

They were probably average and above-average sized, but the cluster itself was unusually big because of the fertile land. They carried the cluster of grapes, along with the pomegranates and figs, on a pole.

27 They told him, “We came to the land to which you sent us. It flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
They used hyperbole in their description. Perhaps something like this:

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