Numbers 13
1 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.
The Lord told Moses,
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 some men to explore the land of Canaan, the country I'm giving to the Israelites. Choose one of the leaders from each of the tribes to go and do this.”
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.
Moses did as the Lord had ordered and sent the men out from the Desert of Paran. They were all leaders of the Israelites.
4 And these [are] names their for [the] tribe of Reuben Shammua [the] son of Zaccur.
Their names were: Shammua son of Zaccur, from the tribe of Reuben.
5 For [the] tribe of Simeon Shaphat [the] son of Hori.
Shaphat, son of Hori, from the tribe of Simeon.
6 For [the] tribe of Judah Caleb [the] son of Jephunneh.
Caleb, son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah.
7 For [the] tribe of Issachar Igal [the] son of Joseph.
Igal, son of Joseph, from the tribe of Issachar.
8 For [the] tribe of Ephraim Hoshea [the] son of Nun.
Hoshea, son of Nun, from the tribe of Ephraim.
9 For [the] tribe of Benjamin Palti [the] son of Raphu.
Palti son of Raphu, from the tribe of Benjamin.
10 For [the] tribe of Zebulun Gaddiel [the] son of Sodi.
Gaddiel, son of Sodi, from the tribe of Zebulun.
11 For [the] tribe of Joseph for [the] tribe of Manasseh Gaddi [the] son of Susi.
Gaddi, son of Susi, from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph).
12 For [the] tribe of Dan Ammiel [the] son of Gemalli.
Ammiel, son of Gemalli, from the tribe of Dan.
13 For [the] tribe of Asher Sethur [the] son of Michael.
Sethur, son of Michael, from the tribe of Asher.
14 For [the] tribe of Naphtali Nahbi [the] son of Vopshi.
Nahbi, son of Vophsi, from the tribe of Naphtali.
15 For [the] tribe of Gad Geuel [the] son of Maki.
Geuel, son of Machi, from the tribe of Gad.
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 were the names of the men that Moses sent to explore the country. Moses called Hoshea 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.
Moses sent them out to explore the land of Canaan, telling them, “Go through the Negev and on 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.
See what the place looks like, and find out about the people living there—are they strong or weak? Are there many of them or only a few?
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.
Is the land where they're living good or bad? Are their towns like open camps, or do they have defensive walls?
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.
Is the soil productive or not? Is it forested? Be brave, and bring back some of the country's fruit.” (It was the beginning of the grape harvest.)
21 And they went up and they spied out the land from [the] wilderness of Zin to Rehob Lebo Hamath.
So the men went and explored the land all the way from the Desert of Zin to Rehob, bear Lebo-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.
They went through the Negev and arrived in Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. This town was built seven years before the Egyptian town of Zoan.
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.
When they arrived at the Valley of Eshcol they chopped down a branch that had just one bunch of grapes. They had to carry it on a pole held between two men. They also collected some pomegranates and 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.
(The place was named the Valley of Eshcol because of the bunch of grapes they took from there.)
25 And they returned from spying out the land from [the] end of forty day[s].
Forty days later the men returned from exploring the country.
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.
They went to see Moses and Aaron, and all the Israelites gathered there at their camp in Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. They gave a report before everyone and showed them the fruit they had brought back from the country.
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.
This is the report they gave to Moses: “We went and explored the country you sent us to, and it is definitely very productive, as if it was flowing with milk and honey. Just look at some of its fruit!
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.
But the people living there are strong, and their towns are big and have defensive walls. We also saw some descendants 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.
The Amalekites live in the Negev. The Hittites, Jebusites, and the Amorites live in the hill country. The Canaanites live on the sea coast and also beside 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.
Then Caleb asked for quiet as the people stood before Moses and told them, “Let's go and take over the land. We can conquer the country, no doubt about 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 had gone with him disagreed. “We can't go and fight these people! They're much stronger than us!”
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.
They spread a negative report among the Israelites about the country they had explored. They told people, “The country we explored destroys the people that live there. Plus everyone we saw was really big!
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.
We even saw giants there—people descended from Anak the giant! Compared to them we looked like grasshoppers, and we must have looked like that to them too!”
