Numbers 13
1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Send some men to examine the land of Canaan, which I have given to the people of Israel. Send a man from every tribe of their ancestors. Each man must be a leader among them.”
Send thou men, that they may search out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel. Ye shall send a man of every tribe of his fathers, each a prince among them.
3 Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, so that they might obey Yahweh's command. All of them were leaders among the people of Israel.
And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran: according to the commandment of Jehovah, all of them heads of the children of Israel.
4 These were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
And these are their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
for the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
for the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
for the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
for the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
for the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
for the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
11 from the tribe of Joseph (that is to say, from the tribe Manasseh), Gaddi son of Susi;
for the tribe of Joseph, for the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
for the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
for the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;
for the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
15 from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.
for the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
16 These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to examine the land. Moses called Hoshea son of Nun by the name of Joshua.
These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to search out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Jehoshua.
17 Moses sent them to examine the land of Canaan. He said to them, “Approach from the Negev and go up into the hill country.
And Moses sent them to search out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the south and go up into the hill-country,
18 Examine the land to see what it is like. Observe the people who live there, whether they are strong or weak, and whether they are few or many.
and ye shall see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many;
19 See what the land is like where they live. Is it good or bad? What cities are there? Are they like camps, or are they fortified cities?
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 See what the land is like, whether it is good for growing crops or not, and whether there are trees there or not. Be brave and bring back samples of the land's produce.” Now the time was the season for the first ripe grapes.
and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there are trees in it, or not. And take courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first grapes.
21 So the men went up and examined the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo Hamath.
And they went up, and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, where one comes towards Hamath.
22 They went up from the Negev and arrived at Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, clans descended from Anak, were there. Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
And they went up by the south, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
23 When they reached the Valley of Eshkol, they cut down a branch with a cluster of grapes. They carried it on a staff between two of their group. They also brought pomegranates and figs.
And they came as far as the valley of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch with one bunch of grapes, and they bore it between two upon a pole; and [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
24 That place was named the Valley of Eshkol, because of the grape cluster that the people of Israel cut down there.
That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the grapes which the children of Israel had cut down there.
25 After forty days, they returned from examining the land.
And they returned from searching out the land after forty days.
26 They came back to Moses, Aaron, and all the community of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the community, and showed them the produce from the land.
And they came, and went to Moses and to Aaron, and to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to the whole assembly; and shewed them the fruit of the land.
27 They told Moses, “We reached the land to which you sent us. It certainly flows with milk and honey. Here is some produce from it.
And they told him, and said, We came to the land to which thou didst send us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
28 However, the people who make their homes there are strong. The cities are fortified and very large. We also saw descendants of Anak there.
Only, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, very great; moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
29 The Amalekites live in the Negev. The Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites have their homes in the hill country. The Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan River.”
Amalek dwells in the land of the south; and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.
30 Then Caleb silenced the people who were before Moses and said, “Let us go up and take possession of the land, for we are certainly able to conquer it.”
And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up boldly and possess it, for we are well able to do it.
31 But the other men who had gone with him said, “We are not able to attack the people because they are stronger than we are.”
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 So they spread around a discouraging report to the people of Israel about the land that they had examined. They said, “The land that we looked at is a land that eats up its inhabitants. All the people whom we saw there are people of great height.
And they brought to the children of Israel an evil report of the land which they had searched out, saying, The land, which we have passed through to search it out, is a land that eateth up its inhabitants; and all the people that we have seen in it are men of great stature;
33 There we saw giants, descendants of Anak, people who came from giants. In our own sight we were like grasshoppers in comparison with them, and this is what we were in their sight, too.”
and there have we seen giants — the sons of Anak are of the giants — and we were in our sight as grasshoppers, and so we were also in their sight.
