Numbers 13
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
And there the Lord 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 to view the land of Chanaan, which I will give to the children of Israel, one of every tribe, of the rulers.
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 did what the Lord had commanded, sending from the desert of Pharan, principal men, whose names are these:
4 And these [are] their names: of the tribe of Ruben, Samuel the son of Zachur.
Of the tribe of Ruben, Sammua the son of Zechur.
5 Of the tribe of Symeon, Saphat the son of Suri.
Of the tribe of Simeon, Saphat the son of Hurl.
6 Of the tribe of Judah, Chaleb the son of Jephonne.
Of the tribe of Juda, Caleb the son of Jephone.
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, Osee the son of Nun.
9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the son of Raphu.
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the son of Raphu.
10 Of the tribe of Zabulon, Gudiel the son of Sudi.
Of the tribe of Zabulon, Geddiel 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 sceptre of Manasses, 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 Aser, Sthur the son of Michael.
14 Of the tribe of Nephthali, Nabi the son of Sabi.
Of the tribe of Nephtali, Nahabi the son of Vapsi.
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Gudiel the son of Macchi.
Of the tribe of Gad, Guel 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, whom Moses sent to view the land: and he called Osee the son of Nun, Josue.
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,
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,
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.
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:
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.
The land itself, whether it be good or bad: what manner of cities, walled or without walls:
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.
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.
21 And they went up and surveyed the land from the wilderness of Sin to Rhoob, as men go in to Aemath.
And when they were gone up, they viewed the land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into Emath.
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.
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.
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.
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:
24 And they called that place, The valley of the cluster, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
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.
25 And they returned from thence, having surveyed the land, after forty days.
And they that went to spy out the land returned after forty days, having gone round all the country,
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:
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:
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.
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:
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.
But it hath very strong inhabitants, and the cities are great and walled. We saw there the race of Enac.
29 And Amalec dwells in the land toward 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 others, that had been with him, said: No, we are not able to go up to this people, because 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.
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.
33 And there we saw the giants; and we were before them as locusts, yes even so were we before them.
There we saw certain monsters of the sons of Enac, of the giant kind: in comparison of whom, we seemed like locusts.
