Numbers 13
1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
And the LORD said to Moses,
2 Send thou men, that they may search out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel. Ye shall send a man of every tribe of his fathers, each a prince among them.
“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.”
3 And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran: according to the commandment of Jehovah, all of them heads of the children of Israel.
So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
4 And these are their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
and these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
5 for the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
6 for the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
7 for the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
8 for the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
9 for the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
10 for the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
11 for the tribe of Joseph, for the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;
12 for the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
13 for the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
14 for the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;
15 for the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.
16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to search out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Jehoshua.
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.
17 And Moses sent them to search out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the south and go up into the hill-country,
When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.
18 and ye shall see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many;
See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.
19 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;
Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications?
20 and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there are trees in it, or not. And take courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first grapes.
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.)
21 And they went up, and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, where one comes towards Hamath.
So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
22 And they went up by the south, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
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.
23 And they came as far as the valley of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch with one bunch of grapes, and they bore it between two upon a pole; and [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
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.
24 That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the grapes which the children of Israel had cut down there.
Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.
25 And they returned from searching out the land after forty days.
After forty days the men returned from spying out the land,
26 And they came, and went to Moses and to Aaron, and to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to the whole assembly; and shewed them the fruit of the land.
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.
27 And they told him, and said, We came to the land to which thou didst send us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
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!
28 Only, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, very great; moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.
29 Amalek dwells in the land of the south; and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.
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.”
30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up boldly and possess it, for we are well able to do it.
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!”
31 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.
But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
32 And they brought to the children of Israel an evil report of the land which they had searched out, saying, The land, which we have passed through to search it out, is a land that eateth up its inhabitants; and all the people that we have seen in it are men of great stature;
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.
33 and there have we seen giants — the sons of Anak are of the giants — and we were in our sight as grasshoppers, and so we were also in their sight.
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!”
