Numbers 13
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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 men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. Of every tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a prince 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 according to the commandment of Yahweh. All of them were men who were heads of the children of Israel.
4 And these [are] their names: of the tribe of Ruben, Samuel the son of Zachur.
These were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
5 Of the tribe of Symeon, Saphat the son of Suri.
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
6 Of the tribe of Judah, Chaleb the son of Jephonne.
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Ilaal the son of Joseph.
Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Ause the son of Naue.
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the son of Raphu.
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
10 Of the tribe of Zabulon, Gudiel the son of Sudi.
Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
11 Of the tribe of Joseph of the sons of Manasse, Gaddi the son of Susi.
Of the tribe of Joseph, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
12 Of the tribe of Dan, Amiel the son of Gamali.
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13 Of the tribe of Aser, Sathur the son of Michael.
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
14 Of the tribe of Nephthali, Nabi the son of Sabi.
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Gudiel the son of Macchi.
Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
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 are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun 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 spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way by the South, 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.
See the land, what it is; and the people who dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, 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.
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 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.
and what the land is, whether it is fertile or poor, whether there is wood therein, or not. Be courageous, and bring some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the time of 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 they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of 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 by the South, and came to 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 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.
They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two. They also brought some of the 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 called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there.
25 And they returned from thence, having surveyed the land, after forty days.
They returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
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 went and came to Moses, to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them and to all the congregation. They showed them the fruit of 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 him, and said, “We came to the land where you sent us. Surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
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 dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the children 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.
Amalek dwells in the land of the South. The Hittite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwell in the hill country. The Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along the side of the Jordan.”
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.
Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, “Let’s go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome 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 men who went up with him said, “We aren’t able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”
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.
They brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out to the children of Israel, saying, “The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people who we saw in it are men of great stature.
33 And there we saw the giants; and we were before them as locusts, yes even so were we before them.
There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim. We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”
