Numbers 13
1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
And the LORD said to Moses,
2 'Send for thee men, and they spy the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel; one man, one man for the tribe of his fathers ye do send, every one a prince among them.'
“Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man who is a leader among them.”
3 And Moses sendeth them from the wilderness of Paran by the command of Jehovah; all of them [are] men, heads of the sons of Israel they are,
So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
4 and these their names: For the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur.
and these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
5 For the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori.
from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
6 For the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh.
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
7 For the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph.
from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
8 For the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea, son of Nun.
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
9 For the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu.
from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
10 For the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi.
from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
11 For the tribe of Joseph, (for the tribe of Manasseh, ) Gaddi son of Susi.
from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;
12 For the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli.
from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
13 For the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael.
from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
14 For the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vopshi.
from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;
15 For the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.
and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.
16 These [are] the names of the men whom Moses hath sent to spy the land; and Moses calleth Hoshea son of Nun, Jehoshua.
These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
17 And Moses sendeth them to spy the land of Canaan, and saith unto them, 'Go ye up this [way] into the south, and ye have gone up the mountain,
When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.
18 and have seen the land what it [is], and the people which is dwelling on it, whether it [is] strong or feeble; whether it [is] few or many;
See what the land is like and whether its people 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;
Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications?
20 And what the land [is], whether it [is] fat or lean; whether there is wood in it or not; and ye have strengthened yourselves, and have taken of the fruit of the land;' and the days [are] days of the first-fruits of grapes.
Is the soil fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous, and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)
21 And they go up and spy the land, from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob at the going in to Hamath;
So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
22 and they go up by the south, and come in unto Hebron, and there [are] Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, children of Anak (and Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt),
They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
23 and they come in unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch and one cluster of grapes, and they bear it on a staff by two, also [some] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.
24 That place hath [one] called Brook of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut from thence.
Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.
25 And they turn back from spying the land at the end of forty days.
After forty days the men returned from spying out the land,
26 And they go and come in unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto all the company of the sons of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and they bring them and all the company back word, and shew them the fruit of the land.
and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
27 And they recount to him, and say, 'We came in unto the land whither thou hast sent us, and also it [is] flowing with milk and honey — and this [is] its fruit;
And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!
28 only, surely the people which is dwelling in the land [is] strong; and the cities are fenced, very great; and also children of Anak we have seen there.
Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.
29 Amalek is dwelling in the land of the south, and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite is dwelling in the hill country, and the Canaanite is dwelling by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.'
The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”
30 And Caleb stilleth the people concerning Moses, and saith, 'Let us certainly go up — and we have possessed it; for we are thoroughly able for it.'
Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer 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 who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
32 and they bring out an evil account of the land which they have spied unto the sons of Israel, saying, 'The land into which we passed over to spy it, is a land eating up its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in its midst [are] men of stature;
So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.
33 and there we saw the Nephilim, sons of Anak, of the Nephilim; and we are in our own eyes as grasshoppers; and so we were in their eyes.'
We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”
