< Numbers 13 >
1 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Send for yourself men so they may spy out [the] land of Canaan which I [am] about to give to [the] people of Israel a man one a man one for [the] tribe of ancestors his you will send every [one] a leader among them.
Send thou men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the sons of Israel. From every tribe of their fathers ye shall send a man, each one a ruler among them.
3 And he sent them Moses from [the] wilderness of Paran on [the] mouth of Yahweh all of them [were] men [who were] [the] heads of [the] people of Israel they.
And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Jehovah. All of them men who were heads of the sons of Israel.
4 And these [are] names their for [the] tribe of Reuben Shammua [the] 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 [the] son of Hori.
of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
6 For [the] tribe of Judah Caleb [the] son of Jephunneh.
of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
7 For [the] tribe of Issachar Igal [the] son of Joseph.
of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
8 For [the] tribe of Ephraim Hoshea [the] son of Nun.
of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
9 For [the] tribe of Benjamin Palti [the] son of Raphu.
of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
10 For [the] tribe of Zebulun Gaddiel [the] 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 [the] son of Susi.
of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
12 For [the] tribe of Dan Ammiel [the] son of Gemalli.
of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
13 For [the] tribe of Asher Sethur [the] son of Michael.
of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
14 For [the] tribe of Naphtali Nahbi [the] son of Vopshi.
of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
15 For [the] tribe of Gad Geuel [the] son of Maki.
of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
16 These [are] [the] names of the men whom he sent Moses to spy out the land and he called Moses Hoshea [the] son of Nun Joshua.
These are the names of the men that Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
17 And he sent them Moses to spy out [the] land of Canaan and he said to them go up this in the Negev and you will go up the hill country.
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Get you up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country.
18 And you will see the land what? [is] it and the people which dwells on it ¿ strong [is] it ¿ feeble ¿ few [is] it or? many.
And see the land, what it is, and the people who dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many,
19 And what? [is] the land which it [is] dwelling in it ¿ good [is] it or? bad and what? [are] the cities which it [is] dwelling in them ¿ 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 camps, or in strongholds,
20 And what? [is] the land ¿ fat [is] it or? lean ¿ [is] there in it wood or? not and you will show yourselves strong and you will take some of [the] fruit of the land and the days [were the] days of [the] first-fruits of grapes.
and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, 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 went up and they spied out the land from [the] wilderness of Zin to Rehob Lebo Hamath.
So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.
22 And they went up in the Negev and he came to Hebron and [were] there Ahiman Sheshai and Talmai those born of Anak and Hebron seven years it was built before Zoan Egypt.
And they went up by the South, and came to Hebron. And Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the sons of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
23 And they came to [the] wadi of Eshcol and they cut down from there a branch and a cluster of grapes one and they carried it on the pole two and some of the pomegranates and some of the figs.
And they came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it upon a staff between two, also of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
24 the Place that someone called [the] wadi of Eshcol on [the] causes of the cluster which they cut down from there [the] people of Israel.
That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut down from there.
25 And they returned from spying out the land from [the] end of forty day[s].
And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
26 And they went and they came to Moses and to Aaron and to all [the] congregation of [the] people of Israel to [the] wilderness of Paran Kadesh towards and they brought back them word and all the congregation and they showed them [the] fruit of the land.
And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the sons 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 recounted to him and they said we went into the land which you sent us and also [is] flowing of milk and honey it and this [is] fruit its.
And they told him, and said, We came to the land where thou sent us. And surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is the fruit of it.
28 Nevertheless for [is] strong the people which dwells in the land and the cities [are] fortified large very and also those born of Anak we saw there.
However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, very great, and moreover we saw the sons of Anak there.
29 Amalek [is] dwelling in [the] land of the Negev and the Hittite[s] and the Jebusite[s] and the Amorite[s] [is] dwelling in the hill country and the Canaanite[s] [is] dwelling at the sea and on [the] side of the Jordan.
Amalek dwells in the land of the South. And the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill-country. And the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan.
30 And he silenced Caleb the people to Moses and he said certainly we will go up and we will take possession of it for certainly we will prevail to 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 they had gone up with him they said not we are able to go up against the people for [is] strong it more than us.
But the men who went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.
32 And they brought out bad report of the land which they had spied out it to [the] people of Israel saying the land which we passed in it to spy out it [is] a land [which] devours inhabitants its it and all the people which we saw in [the] midst of it [were] men of stature.
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out to the sons of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up the inhabitants of it. And all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.
33 And there we saw the Nephilim [the] descendants of Anak [were] from the Nephilim and we were in own eyes our like grasshoppers and thus we were in view their.
And we saw there 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.