< Numbers 13 >

1 And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 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.
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.
3 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.
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.
4 And these are their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
And these [are] their names: of the tribe of Ruben, Samuel the son of Zachur.
5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Chori.
Of the tribe of Symeon, Saphat the son of Suri.
6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Yephunneh.
Of the tribe of Judah, Chaleb the son of Jephonne.
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Yigal the son of Joseph.
Of the tribe of Issachar, Ilaal the son of Joseph.
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, the son of Nun.
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Ause the son of Naue.
9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the son of Raphu.
10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
Of the tribe of Zabulon, Gudiel the son of Sudi.
11 Of the tribe of Joseph, of the tribe of Menasseh, Gaddi the son of Sussi.
Of the tribe of Joseph of the sons of Manasse, Gaddi the son of Susi.
12 Of the tribe of Dan, 'Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
Of the tribe of Dan, Amiel the son of Gamali.
13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
Of the tribe of Aser, Sathur the son of Michael.
14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nachbi the son of Vophsi.
Of the tribe of Nephthali, Nabi the son of Sabi.
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
Of the tribe of Gad, Gudiel the son of Macchi.
16 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']].
These [are] the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses called Ause the son of Naue, Joshua.
17 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;
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,
18 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;
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.
19 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;
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.
20 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.
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.
21 And they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rechob, on the road to Chamath.
And they went up and surveyed the land from the wilderness of Sin to Rhoob, as men go in to Aemath.
22 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.]
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.
23 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.
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.
24 That place was called the valley of Eshcol, on account of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there.
And they called that place, The valley of the cluster, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
25 And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
And they returned from thence, having surveyed the land, after forty days.
26 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.
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:
27 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.
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.
28 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.
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.
29 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.
And Amalec dwells in the land towards 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.
30 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.
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.
31 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.
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.
32 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.
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.
33 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.
And there we saw the giants; and we were before them as locusts, yes even so were we before them.

< Numbers 13 >