Numbers 13
1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
And there, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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 men, who may examine the land of Canaan, which I will give to the sons of Israel, one from the rulers of each tribe.”
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,
Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending, from the desert of Paran, leading men, whose names are these:
4 and these their names: For the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur.
from the tribe of Ruben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
5 For the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori.
from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
6 For the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh.
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
7 For the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph.
from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
8 For the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea, son of Nun.
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hosea the son of Nun;
9 For the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu.
from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
10 For the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi.
from the tribe of Zebulon, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
11 For the tribe of Joseph, (for the tribe of Manasseh, ) Gaddi son of Susi.
from the tribe of Joseph, of the scepter of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
12 For the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli.
from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
13 For the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael.
from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
14 For the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vopshi.
from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
15 For the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.
from the tribe of Gad, Guel the 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 are the names of the men, whom Moses sent to examine the land. And he called Hosea, the son of Nun, 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,
And so, Moses sent them to examine the land of Canaan, and he said to them: “Ascend by the south side. And when you arrive at the mountains,
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;
consider the land, as to what kind it may be, and the people, who are its inhabitants, whether they may be strong or weak, whether they may be few in number 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 the land itself, whether it is good or bad, what kind of cities, walled or without walls,
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.
the soil, rich or barren, forested or without trees. Be strong, and bring us some of the fruits of the land.” Now it was the time when the first ripe grapes were ready to be eaten.
21 And they go up and spy the land, from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob at the going in to Hamath;
And when they had ascended, they explored the land from the desert of Sin, all the way to Rehob, as one enters into 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),
And they ascended by the south side. And they arrived at Hebron, where there were Ahiman and Shishai and Talmai, the sons of Anak. For Hebron was founded seven years before Tanis, the city of 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.
And continuing on as far as the Torrent of the Cluster of Grapes, they cut off a vine with its grapes, which two men carried on a board. Likewise, they took from the pomegranates and the figs of that place,
24 That place hath [one] called Brook of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut from thence.
which was called Nehel Eshcol, that is, the Torrent of the Cluster of Grapes, because the sons of Israel had carried a cluster of grapes from there.
25 And they turn back from spying the land at the end of forty days.
And those exploring the land returned after forty days, having circulated through the entire region.
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 to Moses and Aaron, and to the entire assembly of the sons of Israel in the desert of Paran, which is in Kadesh. And speaking to them, and to the entire multitude, they showed them the fruits 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 explained, saying: “We went into the land, to which you sent us, which, it is true, flows with milk and honey, as one can know by these fruits.
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.
But it has very strong occupants, and the cities are great and also walled. We saw the race 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.'
Amalek lives in the south. The Hethite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite live in the mountains. And truly, the Canaanite stays near the sea and around the streams of 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.'
During these events, Caleb, to restrain the murmuring of the people who rose up against Moses, said, “Let us ascend and possess the land, for we will be able to obtain 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;'
Yet truly, the others, who had been with him, were saying, “By no means are we able to ascend to this people, because 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;
And before the sons of Israel they disparaged the land, which they had inspected, saying: “The land, which we viewed, devours its inhabitants. The people, upon whom we gazed, were of lofty 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.'
There, we saw some monsters among the sons of Anak, of the race of giants; by comparison with them, we seemed like locusts.”
