Numbers 13
1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
And there, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 “Send men for yourself, and they spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel; one man—you send one man for the tribe of his fathers, everyone a prince 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 And Moses sends them from the wilderness of Paran by the command of YHWH; all of them [are] men, [and] they are heads of the sons of Israel,
Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending, from the desert of Paran, leading men, whose names are these:
4 and these [are] their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
from the tribe of Ruben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
5 for the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
6 for the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
7 for the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
8 for the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea son of Nun;
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hosea the son of Nun;
9 for the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
10 for the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
from the tribe of Zebulon, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
11 for the tribe of Joseph (for the tribe of Manasseh), Gaddi son of Susi;
from the tribe of Joseph, of the scepter of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
12 for the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
13 for the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
14 for the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vopshi;
from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
15 for the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.
from the tribe of Gad, Guel the son of Machi.
16 These [are] the names of the men whom Moses has sent to spy out the land; and Moses calls Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua.
These are the names of the men, whom Moses sent to examine the land. And he called Hosea, the son of Nun, Joshua.
17 And Moses sends them to spy out the land of Canaan and says to them, “Go up this [way] into the south, and you have gone up the mountain,
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 have seen the land, what it [is], and the people which is dwelling on it, whether it [is] strong or feeble, [and] whether it [is] few 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 and what the land [is] in which it is dwelling, whether it [is] good or bad; and what [are] the cities in which it is dwelling, whether in camps or in fortresses.
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 [is] fat or lean; whether there is wood in it or not; and you have strengthened yourselves, and have taken of the fruit of the land”; now the days [are] days of the first-fruits of 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 And they go up and spy out the land, from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob at the going in 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 go up by the south, and come to Hebron, and there [are] Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, children of Anak (and Hebron was built seven years 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 and they come to the Brook of Eshcol, and cut down a branch and one cluster of grapes there, and they carry it on a staff by two, also [some] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
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 has been called the Brook of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut from there.
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 And they return from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
And those exploring the land returned after forty days, having circulated through the entire region.
26 And they go and come to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and they bring them and all the congregation back word, and show them the fruit of the land.
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 recount to him, and say, “We came to the land to where you have sent us, and it is indeed flowing with milk and honey—and this [is] its fruit;
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 only, surely the people which is dwelling in the land [is] strong; and the cities are fortified [and] very great; and we have also seen children 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 Amalek is dwelling in the land of the south, and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite are dwelling in the hill country, and the Canaanite is dwelling by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.”
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 And Caleb stills the people concerning Moses and says, “Let us certainly go up—and we have possessed it; for we are thoroughly able to [do] 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 And the men who have gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for it [is] stronger than 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 and they bring out an evil account of the land which they have spied out to the sons of Israel, saying, “The land into which we passed over to spy it out is a land eating up its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in its midst [are] men of 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 and there we saw the giants, sons of Anak, of the giants; and we are as grasshoppers in our own eyes—and so we were in their eyes.”
There, we saw some monsters among the sons of Anak, of the race of giants; by comparison with them, we seemed like locusts.”
