Numbers 13
1 And there the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
2 Send men to view the land of Chanaan, which I will give to the children of Israel, one of every tribe, of the rulers.
Send you men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall all of you send a man, every one a ruler among them.
3 Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending from the desert of Pharan, principal men, whose names are these:
And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
4 Of the tribe of Ruben, Sammua the son of Zechur.
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Saphat the son of Hurl.
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
6 Of the tribe of Juda, Caleb the son of Jephone.
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, Osee the son of Nun.
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea 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, Geddiel the son of Sodi.
Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
11 Of the tribe of Joseph, of the sceptre of Manasses, 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 Aser, Sthur the son of Michael.
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
14 Of the tribe of Nephtali, Nahabi the son of Vapsi.
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Guel 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 view the land: and he called Osee the son of Nun, Josue.
These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
17 And Moses sent them to view the land of Chanaan, and said to them: Go you up by the south side. And when you shall come to the mountains,
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
18 View the land, of what sort it is: and the people that are the inhabitants thereof, whether they be strong or weak: few in number or many:
And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwells therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
19 The land itself, whether it be good or bad: what manner of cities, walled or without walls:
And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
20 The ground, fat or barren, woody or without trees. Be of good courage, and bring us of the fruits of the land. Now it was the time when the first ripe grapes are fit to be eaten.
And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be all of you of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first-fruits grapes.
21 And when they were gone up, they viewed the land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into Emath.
So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
22 And they went up at the south side, and came to Hebron, where were Achiman and Sisai and Tholmai the sons of Enac. For Hebron was built seven years before Tanis the city of Egypt.
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
23 And going forward as far as the torrent of the cluster of grapes, they cut off a branch with its cluster of grapes, which two men carried upon a lever. They took also of the pomegranates and of the figs of that place:
And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
24 Which was called Nehelescol, that is to say, the torrent of the cluster of grapes, because from thence the children of Israel had carried a cluster of grapes.
The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
25 And they that went to spy out the land returned after forty days, having gone round all the country,
And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
26 And came to Moses and Aaron and to all the assembly of the children of Israel to the desert of Pharan, which is in Cades. And speaking to them and to all the multitude, they shewed them the fruits 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 related and said: We came into the land to which thou sentest us, which in very deed floweth with milk and honey as may be known by these fruits:
And they told him, and said, We came unto the land where you sent us, and surely it flows with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
28 But it hath very strong inhabitants, and the cities are great and walled. We saw there the race of Enac.
Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
29 Amalec dwelleth in the south, the Hethite and the Jebusite and the Amorrhite in the mountains: but the Chanaanite abideth by the sea and near the streams of the Jordan.
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
30 In the mean time Caleb, to still the murmuring of the people that rose against Moses, said: Let us go up and possess the land, for we shall be able to conquer it.
And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
31 But the others, that had been with him, said: No, we are not able to go up to this people, because they are stronger than we.
But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
32 And they spoke ill of the land, which they had viewed, before the children of Israel, saying: The land which we have viewed, devoureth its inhabitants: the people, that we beheld, are of a tall stature.
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eats up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
33 There we saw certain monsters of the sons of Enac, of the giant kind: in comparison of whom, we seemed like locusts.
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
