Numbers 13
1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
And 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 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 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,
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: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
And these [are] their names: of the tribe of Ruben, Samuel the son of Zachur.
5 for the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
Of the tribe of Symeon, Saphat the son of Suri.
6 for the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
Of the tribe of Judah, Chaleb the son of Jephonne.
7 for the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
Of the tribe of Issachar, Ilaal the son of Joseph.
8 for the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea son of Nun;
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Ause the son of Naue.
9 for the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the son of Raphu.
10 for the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
Of the tribe of Zabulon, Gudiel the son of Sudi.
11 for the tribe of Joseph (for the tribe of Manasseh), Gaddi son of Susi;
Of the tribe of Joseph of the sons of Manasse, Gaddi the son of Susi.
12 for the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
Of the tribe of Dan, Amiel the son of Gamali.
13 for the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
Of the tribe of Aser, Sathur the son of Michael.
14 for the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vopshi;
Of the tribe of Nephthali, Nabi the son of Sabi.
15 for the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.
Of the tribe of Gad, Gudiel the son of Macchi.
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 spy out the land; and Moses called Ause the son of Naue, 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 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 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;
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] 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 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 [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.
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 go up and spy out the land, from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob at the going in to Hamath;
And they went up and surveyed the land from the wilderness of Sin to Rhoob, as men go in to Aemath.
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 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 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 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 has been called the Brook of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut 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 return 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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 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.”
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.
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.”
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 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”;
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 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 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, sons of Anak, of the giants; and we are as grasshoppers in our own eyes—and so we were in their eyes.”
And there we saw the giants; and we were before them as locusts, yes even so were we before them.
