Numbers 13
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
2 Send for you men, and let them spy the land of the Chananites, which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession; one man for a tribe, you shall send them away according to their families, every one of them a prince.
“Send some men to examine the land of Canaan, which I have given to the people of Israel. Send a man from every tribe of their ancestors. Each man must be a leader among them.”
3 And Moses sent them out of the wilderness of Pharan by the word of the Lord; all these [were] the princes of the sons of Israel.
Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, so that they might obey Yahweh's command. All of them were leaders among the people of Israel.
4 And these [are] their names: of the tribe of Ruben, Samuel the son of Zachur.
These were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
5 Of the tribe of Symeon, Saphat the son of Suri.
from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
6 Of the tribe of Judah, Chaleb the son of Jephonne.
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Ilaal the son of Joseph.
from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Ause the son of Naue.
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the son of Raphu.
from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
10 Of the tribe of Zabulon, Gudiel the son of Sudi.
from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
11 Of the tribe of Joseph of the sons of Manasse, Gaddi the son of Susi.
from the tribe of Joseph (that is to say, from the tribe Manasseh), Gaddi son of Susi;
12 Of the tribe of Dan, Amiel the son of Gamali.
from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
13 Of the tribe of Aser, Sathur the son of Michael.
from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
14 Of the tribe of Nephthali, Nabi the son of Sabi.
from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Gudiel the son of Macchi.
from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.
16 These [are] the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses called Ause the son of Naue, Joshua.
These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to examine the land. Moses called Hoshea son of Nun by the name of Joshua.
17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Chanaan, and said to them, Go up by this wilderness; and you shall go up to the mountain,
Moses sent them to examine the land of Canaan. He said to them, “Approach from the Negev and go up into the hill country.
18 and you shall see the land, what it is, and the people that dwells on it, whether it is strong or weak, or [whether] they are few or many.
Examine the land to see what it is like. Observe the people who live there, whether they are strong or weak, and whether they are few or many.
19 And what the land is on which they dwell, [whether] it is good or bad; and what the cities are wherein these dwell, whether they dwell in walled [cities] or unwalled.
See what the land is like where they live. Is it good or bad? What cities are there? Are they like camps, or are they fortified cities?
20 And what the land is, whether rich or poor; whether there are trees in it or no: and you shall persevere and take of the fruits of the land: and the days [were] the days of spring, the forerunners of the grape.
See what the land is like, whether it is good for growing crops or not, and whether there are trees there or not. Be brave and bring back samples of the land's produce.” Now the time was the season for the first ripe grapes.
21 And they went up and surveyed the land from the wilderness of Sin to Rhoob, as men go in to Aemath.
So the men went up and examined the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo Hamath.
22 And they went up by the wilderness, and departed as far as Chebron; and there [was] Achiman, and Sessi, and Thelami, the progeny of Enach. Now Chebron was built seven years before Tanin of Egypt.
They went up from the Negev and arrived at Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, clans descended from Anak, were there. Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
23 And they came to the valley of the cluster and surveyed it; and they cut down thence a bough and one cluster of grapes upon it, and bore it on staves, and [they took] of the pomegranates and the figs.
When they reached the Valley of Eshkol, they cut down a branch with a cluster of grapes. They carried it on a staff between two of their group. They also brought pomegranates and figs.
24 And they called that place, The valley of the cluster, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
That place was named the Valley of Eshkol, because of the grape cluster that the people of Israel cut down there.
25 And they returned from thence, having surveyed the land, after forty days.
After forty days, they returned from examining the land.
26 And they proceeded and came to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Pharan Cades; and they brought word to them and to all the congregation, and they showed the fruit of the land:
They came back to Moses, Aaron, and all the community of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the community, and showed them the produce from the land.
27 and they reported to him, and said, We came into the land into which you sent us, a land flowing with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
They told Moses, “We reached the land to which you sent us. It certainly flows with milk and honey. Here is some produce from it.
28 Only the nation that dwells upon it is bold, and they have very great and strong walled towns, and we saw there the children of Enach.
However, the people who make their homes there are strong. The cities are fortified and very large. We also saw descendants of Anak there.
29 And Amalec dwells in the land towards the south: and the Chettite and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwells in the hill country: and the Chananite dwells by the sea, and by the river Jordan.
The Amalekites live in the Negev. The Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites have their homes in the hill country. The Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan River.”
30 And Chaleb stayed the people from speaking before Moses, and said to him, Nay, but we will go up by all means, and will inherit it, for we shall surely prevail against them.
Then Caleb silenced the people who were before Moses and said, “Let us go up and take possession of the land, for we are certainly able to conquer it.”
31 But the men that went up together with him said, We will not go up, for we shall not by any means be able to go up against the nation, for it is much stronger than we.
But the other men who had gone with him said, “We are not able to attack the people because they are stronger than we are.”
32 And they brought a horror of that land which they surveyed upon the children of Israel, saying, The land which we passed by to survey it, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of extraordinary stature.
So they spread around a discouraging report to the people of Israel about the land that they had examined. They said, “The land that we looked at is a land that eats up its inhabitants. All the people whom we saw there are people of great height.
33 And there we saw the giants; and we were before them as locusts, yes even so were we before them.
There we saw giants, descendants of Anak, people who came from giants. In our own sight we were like grasshoppers in comparison with them, and this is what we were in their sight, too.”
