Numbers 13
1 And the Lord said to Moses,
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
2 Send men to get knowledge about the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from every tribe of their fathers you are to send a man, every one a chief among them.
'Send thou men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel; of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a prince among them.'
3 And Moses sent them from the waste land of Paran as the Lord gave orders, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of the LORD; all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, the son of Zaccur.
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat, the son of Hori.
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal, the son of Joseph.
Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, the son of Nun.
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti, the son of Raphu.
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel, the son of Sodi.
Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
11 Of the tribe of Joseph, that is of the family of Manasseh, Gaddi, the son of Susi.
Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel, the son of Gemalli.
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur, the son of Michael
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi, the son of Vophsi.
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Gevel, the son of Machi.
Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to get knowledge about the land. And Moses gave to Hoshea, the son of Nun, the name of Joshua.
These are the names of the men that Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
17 So Moses sent them to have a look at the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up into the South and into the hill-country;
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them: 'Get you up here into the South, and go up into the mountains;
18 And see what the land is like; and if the people living in it are strong or feeble, small or great in number;
and see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;
19 And what sort of land they are living in, if it is good or bad; and what their living-places are, tent-circles or walled towns;
and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;
20 And if the land is fertile or poor, and if there is wood in it or not. And be of good heart, and come back with some of the produce of the land. Now it was the time when the first grapes were ready.
and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land.' — Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes. —
21 So they went up and got a view of the land, from the waste land of Zin to Rehob, on the way to Hamath.
So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, at the entrance to Hamath.
22 They went up into the South and came to Hebron; and Ahiman and Sheshai and Talmai, the children of Anak, were living there. (Now the building of Hebron took place seven years before that of Zoan in Egypt.)
And they went up into the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. — Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt. —
23 And they came to the valley of Eshcol, and cutting down a vine-branch with its grapes, two of them took it on a rod between them; and they took some pomegranates and figs.
And they came unto the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it upon a pole between two; they took also of the pomegranates, and of the figs. —
24 That place was named the valley of Eshcol because of the grapes which the children of Israel took from there.
That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence. —
25 At the end of forty days they came back from viewing the land.
And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
26 And they came back to Moses and Aaron and all the children of Israel, to Kadesh in the waste land of Paran; and gave an account to them and to all the people and let them see the produce of the land.
And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
27 And they said, We came to the land where you sent us, and truly it is flowing with milk and honey: and here is some of the produce of it.
And they told him, and said: 'We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
28 But the people living in the land are strong, and the towns are walled and very great; further, we saw the children of Anak there.
Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are fierce, and the cities are fortified, and very great; and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
29 And the Amalekites are in the South; and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites are living in the hill-country; and the Canaanites by the sea and by the side of Jordan.
Amalek dwelleth in the land of the South; and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanite dwelleth by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan.'
30 Then Caleb made signs to the people to keep quiet, and said to Moses, Let us go up straight away and take this land; for we are well able to overcome it.
And Caleb stilled the people toward Moses, and said: 'We should go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.'
31 But the men who had gone up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.
But the men that went up with him said: 'We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.'
32 And they gave the children of Israel a bad account of the land they had been to see, saying, This land through which we went is a land causing destruction to those living in it; and all the people we saw there are men of more than common size.
And they spread an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the children of Israel, saying: 'The land, through which we have passed to spy it out, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.
33 There we saw those great men, the sons of Anak, offspring of the Nephilim: and we seemed to ourselves no more than insects, and so we seemed to them.
And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim; and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.'
