Numbers 13
1 And there, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “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.”
Send for thee men, and let them spy the land of the Chananites, which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession; one man for a tribe, thou shalt send them away according to their families, every one of them a prince.
3 Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending, from the desert of Paran, leading men, whose names are these:
And Moses sent them out of the wilderness of Pharan by the word of the Lord; all these [were] the princes of the sons of Israel.
4 from the tribe of Ruben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
And these [are] their names: of the tribe of Ruben, Samuel the son of Zachur.
5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
Of the tribe of Symeon, Saphat the son of Suri.
6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
Of the tribe of Judah, Chaleb the son of Jephonne.
7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
Of the tribe of Issachar, Ilaal the son of Joseph.
8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hosea the son of Nun;
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Ause the son of Naue.
9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the son of Raphu.
10 from the tribe of Zebulon, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
Of the tribe of Zabulon, Gudiel the son of Sudi.
11 from the tribe of Joseph, of the scepter of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
Of the tribe of Joseph of the sons of Manasse, Gaddi the son of Susi.
12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
Of the tribe of Dan, Amiel the son of Gamali.
13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
Of the tribe of Aser, Sathur the son of Michael.
14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
Of the tribe of Nephthali, Nabi the son of Sabi.
15 from the tribe of Gad, Guel the son of Machi.
Of the tribe of Gad, Gudiel the son of Macchi.
16 These are the names of the men, whom Moses sent to examine the land. And he called Hosea, the son of Nun, Joshua.
These [are] the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses called Ause the son of Naue, Joshua.
17 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,
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Chanaan, and said to them, Go up by this wilderness; and ye shall go up to the mountain,
18 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,
and ye shall see the land, what it is, and the people that dwells on it, whether it is strong or weak, or [whether] they are few or many.
19 and the land itself, whether it is good or bad, what kind of cities, walled or without walls,
And what the land is on which they dwell, [whether] it is good or bad; and what the cities are wherein these dwell, whether they dwell in walled [cities] or unwalled.
20 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.
And what the land is, whether rich or poor; whether there are trees in it or no: and ye shall persevere and take of the fruits of the land: and the days [were] the days of spring, the forerunners of the grape.
21 And when they had ascended, they explored the land from the desert of Sin, all the way to Rehob, as one enters into Hamath.
And they went up and surveyed the land from the wilderness of Sin to Rhoob, as men go in to Aemath.
22 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.
And they went up by the wilderness, and departed as far as Chebron; and there [was] Achiman, and Sessi, and Thelami, the progeny of Enach. Now Chebron was built seven years before Tanin of Egypt.
23 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,
And they came to the valley of the cluster and surveyed it; and they cut down thence a bough and one cluster of grapes upon it, and bore it on staves, and [they took] of the pomegranates and the figs.
24 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.
And they called that place, The valley of the cluster, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
25 And those exploring the land returned after forty days, having circulated through the entire region.
And they returned from thence, having surveyed the land, after forty days.
26 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.
And they proceeded and came to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Pharan Cades; and they brought word to them and to all the congregation, and they shewed the fruit of the land:
27 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.
and they reported to him, and said, We came into the land into which thou sentest us, a land flowing with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
28 But it has very strong occupants, and the cities are great and also walled. We saw the race of Anak there.
Only the nation that dwells upon it is bold, and they have very great and strong walled towns, and we saw there the children of Enach.
29 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.”
And Amalec dwells in the land toward the south: and the Chettite and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwells in the hill country: and the Chananite dwells by the sea, and by the river Jordan.
30 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.”
And Chaleb stayed the people from speaking before Moses, and said to him, Nay, but we will go up by all means, and will inherit it, for we shall surely prevail against them.
31 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.”
But the men that went up together with him said, We will not go up, for we shall not by any means be able to go up against the nation, for it is much stronger than we.
32 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.
And they brought a horror of that land which they surveyed upon the children of Israel, saying, The land which we passed by to survey it, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of extraordinary stature.
33 There, we saw some monsters among the sons of Anak, of the race of giants; by comparison with them, we seemed like locusts.”
And there we saw the giants; and we were before them as locusts, yea even so were we before them.
