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 thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
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, by the commandment of the LORD, sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men [were] heads of the children of Israel.
4 and these [are] their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
And these [were] their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
5 for the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
6 for the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
7 for the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
8 for the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea son of Nun;
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
9 for the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
10 for the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
11 for the tribe of Joseph (for the tribe of Manasseh), Gaddi son of Susi;
Of the tribe of Joseph, [namely], of the tribe of Manassah, Gaddi the son of Susi.
12 for the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13 for the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
14 for the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vopshi;
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
15 for the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.
Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel 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 explore the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
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 explore the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go ye up this [way] southward, and ascend 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 see the land, what it [is]; and the people that dwell therein, whether they [are] strong or weak, 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] that they dwell in, whether it [is] good or bad; and what cities [they are] that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
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 it [is] fertile or barren, whether there is wood in it, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time [was] the time of the first ripe grapes.
21 And they go up and spy out the land, from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob at the going in to Hamath;
So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, as men come to 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, and came to Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, [were]. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in 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 brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it between two upon a staff; and [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
24 That place has been called the Brook of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut from there.
The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes 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 exploring 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 went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to all the congregation, and showed them 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 told him, and said, We came to the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth 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.
Nevertheless, the people [are] strong that dwell in the land, and the cities [are] walled, [and] very great: and moreover, we saw the children 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.”
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of 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 Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome 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”;
But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people; for they [are] 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 an evil report of the land which they had searched to the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we have passed to search it, [is] a land that eateth up its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it, [are] men of a great 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, the sons of Anak, [who come] of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
