Numbers 13
1 And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
2 Send thou out some men that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: one man each of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send, every one who is a prince among them.
“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.”
3 And Moses sent them out from the wilderness of Paran by the order of the Lord: they all were men, [who] were heads of the children of Israel.
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.
4 And these are their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
These were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Chori.
from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Yephunneh.
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Yigal the son of Joseph.
from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, the son of Nun.
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
11 Of the tribe of Joseph, of the tribe of Menasseh, Gaddi the son of Sussi.
from the tribe of Joseph (that is to say, from the tribe Manasseh), Gaddi son of Susi;
12 Of the tribe of Dan, 'Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nachbi the son of Vophsi.
from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.
16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua [[Yehoshua']].
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.
17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and he said unto them, Go you up this way at the south side, and go up into the mountain;
Moses sent them to examine the land of Canaan. He said to them, “Approach from the Negev and go up into the hill country.
18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell therein, whether they be strong or weak, whether they be few or many;
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.
19 And what the land is on which they dwell, whether it be good or bad; and what the cities are in which they dwell, whether in open places, or in strongholds;
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?
20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be trees therein, or not; and take ye courage, and take away some of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the season of the first ripening of grapes.
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.
21 And they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rechob, on the road to Chamath.
So the men went up and examined the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo Hamath.
22 And they ascended on the south side, and came unto Hebron; and there were Achiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of 'Anak; [now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.]
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.
23 And they came unto the valley of Eshcol, and they cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it upon a barrow between two; and [they took some] of the pomegranates and of the figs.
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.
24 That place was called the valley of Eshcol, on account of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there.
That place was named the Valley of Eshkol, because of the grape cluster that the people of Israel cut down there.
25 And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
After forty days, they returned from examining the land.
26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and they brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
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.
27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou didst send us, and truly doth it flow with milk and honey; and this is its fruit.
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.
28 Nevertheless the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are very strongly walled, and great; and the children of 'Anak also have we seen there.
However, the people who make their homes there are strong. The cities are fortified and very large. We also saw descendants of Anak there.
29 The Amalekites dwell in the southern country; and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Emorites, dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the margin of the Jordan.
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.”
30 And Caleb stilled the people toward Moses, and he said, We can easily go up, and take possession of it; for we are well able to overcome it.
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.”
31 But the men who had gone up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
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.”
32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we have passed to spy it out, is a land that consumeth its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
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.
33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of 'Anak, of the giants' [family]: and we were in our own eyes as grasshoppers, and so were we in their eyes.
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.”
