Numbers 13
1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
And the Lord said to Moses,
2 Send thou men, that they may search out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel. Ye shall send a man of every tribe of his fathers, each a prince among them.
Send men to get knowledge about the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from every tribe of their fathers you are to send a man, every one a chief among them.
3 And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran: according to the commandment of Jehovah, all of them heads of the children of Israel.
And Moses sent them from the waste land of Paran as the Lord gave orders, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
4 And these are their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, the son of Zaccur.
5 for the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat, the son of Hori.
6 for the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.
7 for the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal, the son of Joseph.
8 for the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, the son of Nun.
9 for the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti, the son of Raphu.
10 for the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel, the son of Sodi.
11 for the tribe of Joseph, for the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
Of the tribe of Joseph, that is of the family of Manasseh, Gaddi, the son of Susi.
12 for the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel, the son of Gemalli.
13 for the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur, the son of Michael
14 for the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi, the son of Vophsi.
15 for the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
Of the tribe of Gad, Gevel, the son of Machi.
16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to search out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Jehoshua.
These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to get knowledge about the land. And Moses gave to Hoshea, the son of Nun, the name of Joshua.
17 And Moses sent them to search out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the south and go up into the hill-country,
So Moses sent them to have a look at the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up into the South and into the hill-country;
18 and ye shall see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many;
And see what the land is like; and if the people living in it are strong or feeble, small or great in number;
19 and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;
And what sort of land they are living in, if it is good or bad; and what their living-places are, tent-circles or walled towns;
20 and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there are trees in it, or not. And take courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first grapes.
And if the land is fertile or poor, and if there is wood in it or not. And be of good heart, and come back with some of the produce of the land. Now it was the time when the first grapes were ready.
21 And they went up, and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, where one comes towards Hamath.
So they went up and got a view of the land, from the waste land of Zin to Rehob, on the way to Hamath.
22 And they went up by the south, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
They went up into the South and came to Hebron; and Ahiman and Sheshai and Talmai, the children of Anak, were living there. (Now the building of Hebron took place seven years before that of Zoan in Egypt.)
23 And they came as far as the valley of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch with one bunch of grapes, and they bore it between two upon a pole; and [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
And they came to the valley of Eshcol, and cutting down a vine-branch with its grapes, two of them took it on a rod between them; and they took some pomegranates and figs.
24 That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the grapes which the children of Israel had cut down there.
That place was named the valley of Eshcol because of the grapes which the children of Israel took from there.
25 And they returned from searching out the land after forty days.
At the end of forty days they came back from viewing the land.
26 And they came, and went to Moses and to Aaron, and to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to the whole assembly; and shewed them the fruit of the land.
And they came back to Moses and Aaron and all the children of Israel, to Kadesh in the waste land of Paran; and gave an account to them and to all the people and let them see the produce of the land.
27 And they told him, and said, We came to the land to which thou didst send us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
And they said, We came to the land where you sent us, and truly it is flowing with milk and honey: and here is some of the produce of it.
28 Only, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, very great; moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
But the people living in the land are strong, and the towns are walled and very great; further, we saw the children of Anak there.
29 Amalek dwells in the land of the south; and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.
And the Amalekites are in the South; and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites are living in the hill-country; and the Canaanites by the sea and by the side of Jordan.
30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up boldly and possess it, for we are well able to do it.
Then Caleb made signs to the people to keep quiet, and said to Moses, Let us go up straight away and take this land; for we are well able to overcome it.
31 But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.
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.
32 And they brought to the children of Israel an evil report of the land which they had searched out, saying, The land, which we have passed through to search it out, is a land that eateth up its inhabitants; and all the people that we have seen in it are men of great stature;
And they gave the children of Israel a bad account of the land they had been to see, saying, This land through which we went is a land causing destruction to those living in it; and all the people we saw there are men of more than common size.
33 and there have we seen giants — the sons of Anak are of the giants — and we were in our sight as grasshoppers, and so we were also in their sight.
There we saw those great men, the sons of Anak, offspring of the Nephilim: and we seemed to ourselves no more than insects, and so we seemed to them.
