Numbers 13
1 And the LORD said to Moses,
Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:
2 “Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man who is a leader among them.”
Send for thee men and let them spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving unto the sons of Israel, —one man each for the tribe of his fathers, shalt thou send, each one a prince among them.
3 So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
So then Moses sent them out of the desert of Paran, at the bidding of Yahweh, —all of them, great men, heads of the sons of Israel, were they.
4 and these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
And, these, are their names, —Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, son of Zaccur;
5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat, son of Hori;
6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, son of Jephunneh;
7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal, son of Joseph;
8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, son of Nun;
9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti, son of Raphu;
10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel, son of Sodi;
11 from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;
Of the tribe of Joseph—of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi;
12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel, son of Gemalli;
13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur, son of Michael;
14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi, son of Vophsi;
15 and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.
Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel, son of Machi.
16 These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
These, are the names of the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, —but Moses called Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua.
17 When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.
So Moses sent them, to spy out the land of Canaan, —and said unto them—Go up, here in the South, Yea ye shall go up the mountain;
18 See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.
And shall see the land, what it is, —And the people that dwell thereupon, Whether they are, strong, or weak, Whether they are, few or many;
19 Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications?
And what, the land, is, wherein they dwell, Whether it is, good, or, bad, —And the cities within which they dwell, Whether in camps or in strongholds;
20 Is the soil fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous, and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)
And what the land is, Whether, fat, or, lean, Whether there is timber therein or is not, Then shall ye pluck up courage and take of the fruit of the land. Now the days, were the days of the first-fruits of grapes.
21 So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
So they went up, and spied out the land, —from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob at the entering in of Hamath.
22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
Yea they went up in the South and entered as far as Hebron, and there, were Ahiman Sheshai and Talmai descendants of the Anak. Now, Hebron, was built seven years, before Zoan of Egypt.
23 When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.
And they entered as far as the ravine of Eschol, and cut down, from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and bare it on a pole between two, —also of the pomegranates and of the figs.
24 Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.
That place, was called, The Ravine of Eschol ["Cluster-ravine"]—on account of the cluster, which was cut down from thence by the sons of Israel.
25 After forty days the men returned from spying out the land,
And they returned from spying out the land, —at the end of forty days.
26 and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
So they took their journey, and came in unto Moses and unto Aaron and unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel into the wilderness of Paran, towards Kadesh, —and brought back word—unto them and unto all the assembly, and showed them the fruit of the land.
27 And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!
And they recounted unto him, and said, We entered into the land whither thou didst send us, and surely it doth flow with milk and honey, and, this, is the fruit thereof.
28 Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.
Nevertheless surely mighty, are the people that dwell in the land, —and, the cities, walled in, exceeding great, moreover also, the descendants of the Anak, saw we there.
29 The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”
Amalek, dwelleth in the land of the South; And, the Hittite, and the Jebusite and the Amorite, dwell in the mountain And the Canaanite, dwelleth by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.
30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”
And Caleb stilled the people unto Moses, —and said unto them—Let us go straight up, and possess it, for we shall, surely prevail, against it.
31 But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
But the men who went up with him said, We cannot go up against the people, —for stronger, are they than we.
32 So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.
So they sent forth a rumour of the land which they had spied out, among the sons of Israel, saying, —As touching the land through which we passed to spy it out, it is, land that eateth up them who dwell therein, And all the people that we saw in the midst thereof, were men of great stature.
33 We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”
And, there, saw we the giants, sons of Anak [descended] of the giants, —And we were in our own eyes, as grass-hoppers, And, so, were we in their eyes.
