Numbers 13
1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
And there, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Sende thou men out to search the lande of Canaan which I giue vnto the children of Israel: of euery tribe of their fathers shall ye sende a man, such as are all rulers among them.
“Send men, who may examine the land of Canaan, which I will give to the sons of Israel, one from the rulers of each tribe.”
3 Then Moses sent them out of the wildernesse of Paran at the commandement of the Lord: all those men were heades of the children of Israel.
Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending, from the desert of Paran, leading men, whose names are these:
4 Also their names are these: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the sonne of Zaccur:
from the tribe of Ruben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the sonne of Hori:
from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
6 Of the tribe of Iudah, Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh:
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the sonne of Ioseph:
from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the sone of Nun:
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hosea the son of Nun;
9 Of the tribe of Beniamin, Palti the sonne of Raphu:
from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the sone of Sodi:
from the tribe of Zebulon, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
11 Of the tribe of Ioseph, to wit, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the sonne of Susi:
from the tribe of Joseph, of the scepter of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the sonne of Gemalli:
from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the sonne of Michael:
from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the sonne of Vophsi:
from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the sonne of Machi.
from the tribe of Gad, Guel the son of Machi.
16 These are the names of the men, which Moses sent to spie out the lande: and Moses called ye name of Oshea the sonne of Nun, Iehoshua.
These are the names of the men, whom Moses sent to examine the land. And he called Hosea, the son of Nun, Joshua.
17 So Moses sent them to spie out the lande of Canaan, and said vnto them, Go vp this way toward the South, and go vp into the moutaines,
And so, Moses sent them to examine the land of Canaan, and he said to them: “Ascend by the south side. And when you arrive at the mountains,
18 And consider the land what it is, and the people that dwel therein, whether they be strong or weake, either fewe or many,
consider the land, as to what kind it may be, and the people, who are its inhabitants, whether they may be strong or weak, whether they may be few in number or many,
19 Also what the lande is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad: and what cities they be, that they dwell in, whether they dwell in tents, or in walled townes:
and the land itself, whether it is good or bad, what kind of cities, walled or without walls,
20 And what the land is: whether it be fat or leane, whether there be trees therein, or not. And be of good courage, and bring of the fruite of the lande (for then was the time of the first ripe grapes)
the soil, rich or barren, forested or without trees. Be strong, and bring us some of the fruits of the land.” Now it was the time when the first ripe grapes were ready to be eaten.
21 So they went vp, and searched out the lande, from the wildernesse of Zin vnto Rehob, to go to Hamath,
And when they had ascended, they explored the land from the desert of Sin, all the way to Rehob, as one enters into Hamath.
22 And they ascended toward the South, and came vnto Hebron, where were Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the sonnes of Anak. And Hebron was built seuen yeere before Zoan in Egypt.
And they ascended by the south side. And they arrived at Hebron, where there were Ahiman and Shishai and Talmai, the sons of Anak. For Hebron was founded seven years before Tanis, the city of Egypt.
23 Then they came to the riuer of Eshcol, and cut downe thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it vpon a barre betweene two, and brought of the pomegranates and of the figges.
And continuing on as far as the Torrent of the Cluster of Grapes, they cut off a vine with its grapes, which two men carried on a board. Likewise, they took from the pomegranates and the figs of that place,
24 That place was called the riuer Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes, which the children of Israel cut downe thence.
which was called Nehel Eshcol, that is, the Torrent of the Cluster of Grapes, because the sons of Israel had carried a cluster of grapes from there.
25 Then after fourtie dayes, they turned againe from searching of the land.
And those exploring the land returned after forty days, having circulated through the entire region.
26 And they went and came to Moses and to Aaron and vnto al the Congregation of the children of Israel, in the wildernesse of Paran, to Kadesh, and brought to the, and to all the Congregation tydings, and shewed them the fruite of the lande.
And they went to Moses and Aaron, and to the entire assembly of the sons of Israel in the desert of Paran, which is in Kadesh. And speaking to them, and to the entire multitude, they showed them the fruits of the land.
27 And they tolde him, and saide, We came vnto the land whither thou hast sent vs, and surely it floweth with milke and honie: and here is of the fruite of it.
And they explained, saying: “We went into the land, to which you sent us, which, it is true, flows with milk and honey, as one can know by these fruits.
28 Neuerthelesse the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled and exceeding great: and moreouer, we sawe the sonnes of Anak there.
But it has very strong occupants, and the cities are great and also walled. We saw the race of Anak there.
29 The Amalekites dwell in the South countrey, and the Hittites, and the Iebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountaines, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Iorden.
Amalek lives in the south. The Hethite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite live in the mountains. And truly, the Canaanite stays near the sea and around the streams of the Jordan.”
30 Then Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and saide, Let vs go vp at once, and possesse it: for vndoubtedly we shall ouercome it.
During these events, Caleb, to restrain the murmuring of the people who rose up against Moses, said, “Let us ascend and possess the land, for we will be able to obtain it.”
31 But the men, that went vp with him, saide, we be not able to goe vp against the people: for they are stronger then we.
Yet truly, the others, who had been with him, were saying, “By no means are we able to ascend to this people, because they are stronger than we are.”
32 So they brought vp an euill report of the land which they had searched for the children of Israel, saying, The lande which we haue gone through to search it out, is a land that eateth vp the inhabitants thereof: for all the people that we sawe in it, are men of great stature.
And before the sons of Israel they disparaged the land, which they had inspected, saying: “The land, which we viewed, devours its inhabitants. The people, upon whom we gazed, were of lofty stature.
33 For there we sawe gyants, the sonnes of Anak, which come of the gyants, so that we seemed in our sight like grashoppers: and so wee were in their sight.
There, we saw some monsters among the sons of Anak, of the race of giants; by comparison with them, we seemed like locusts.”
