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 thou out some men that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: one man each of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send, every one who is a prince among them.
3 Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending from the desert of Pharan, principal men, whose names are these:
And Moses sent them out from the wilderness of Paran by the order of the Lord: they all were men, [who] were heads of the children of Israel.
4 Of the tribe of Ruben, Sammua the son of Zechur.
And these are 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 Chori.
6 Of the tribe of Juda, Caleb the son of Jephone.
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Yephunneh.
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
Of the tribe of Issachar, Yigal the son of Joseph.
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Osee the son of Nun.
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, 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, of the tribe of Menasseh, Gaddi the son of Sussi.
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, Nachbi 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 whom Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua [[Yehoshua']].
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 he said unto them, Go you up this way at the south side, 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 dwell therein, whether they be strong or weak, whether they be 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 on which they dwell, whether it be good or bad; and what the cities are in which they dwell, whether in open places, or in strongholds;
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 trees therein, or not; and take ye courage, and take away some of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the season of the first ripening of grapes.
21 And when they were gone up, they viewed the land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into Emath.
And they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rechob, on the road to Chamath.
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 on the south side, and came unto Hebron; and there were Achiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of 'Anak; [now Hebron had been 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 valley of Eshcol, and they cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it upon a barrow between two; and [they took some] 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.
That place was called the valley of Eshcol, on account of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there.
25 And they that went to spy out the land returned after forty days, having gone round all the country,
And they returned from spying out the land at the end of 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 they 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 whither thou didst send us, and truly doth it flow with milk and honey; and this is its fruit.
28 But it hath very strong inhabitants, and the cities are great and walled. We saw there the race of Enac.
Nevertheless the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are very strongly walled, and great; and the children of 'Anak also have we seen 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 southern country; and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Emorites, dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the margin of the 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 toward Moses, and he said, We can easily go up, and take possession of 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 who had gone up with him said, We are 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 spied out unto the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we have passed to spy it out, is a land that consumeth its inhabitants; 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, of the giants' [family]: and we were in our own eyes as grasshoppers, and so were we in their eyes.
