Numbers 13
1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
The Lord told 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 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 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 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 their names: For the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur.
Their names were: Shammua son of Zaccur, from the tribe of Reuben.
5 For the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori.
Shaphat, son of Hori, from the tribe of Simeon.
6 For the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh.
Caleb, son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah.
7 For the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph.
Igal, son of Joseph, from the tribe of Issachar.
8 For the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea, son of Nun.
Hoshea, son of Nun, from the tribe of Ephraim.
9 For the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu.
Palti son of Raphu, from the tribe of Benjamin.
10 For the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi.
Gaddiel, son of Sodi, from the tribe of Zebulun.
11 For the tribe of Joseph, (for the tribe of Manasseh, ) Gaddi son of Susi.
Gaddi, son of Susi, from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph).
12 For the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli.
Ammiel, son of Gemalli, from the tribe of Dan.
13 For the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael.
Sethur, son of Michael, from the tribe of Asher.
14 For the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vopshi.
Nahbi, son of Vophsi, from the tribe of Naphtali.
15 For the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.
Geuel, son of Machi, from the tribe of Gad.
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 that Moses sent to explore the country. Moses called Hoshea 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,
Moses sent them out to explore the land of Canaan, telling them, “Go through the Negev and on 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 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 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're living good or bad? Are their towns like open camps, or do they have defensive 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.
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 go up and spy the land, from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob at the going in to 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 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 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 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 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 That place hath [one] called Brook of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut from thence.
(The place was named the Valley of Eshcol because of the bunch of grapes they took from there.)
25 And they turn back from spying the land at the end of forty days.
Forty days later the men returned from exploring the country.
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.
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 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;
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 with him disagreed. “We can't go and fight these people! They're much stronger than us!”
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;
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, 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 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!”
