Numbers 13
1 The Lord told Moses,
And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
2 “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.”
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.
3 Moses did as the Lord had ordered and sent the men out from the Desert of Paran. They were all leaders of the Israelites.
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.
4 Their names were: Shammua son of Zaccur, from the tribe of Reuben.
And these are their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
5 Shaphat, son of Hori, from the tribe of Simeon.
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Chori.
6 Caleb, son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah.
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Yephunneh.
7 Igal, son of Joseph, from the tribe of Issachar.
Of the tribe of Issachar, Yigal the son of Joseph.
8 Hoshea, son of Nun, from the tribe of Ephraim.
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, the son of Nun.
9 Palti son of Raphu, from the tribe of Benjamin.
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
10 Gaddiel, son of Sodi, from the tribe of Zebulun.
Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
11 Gaddi, son of Susi, from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph).
Of the tribe of Joseph, of the tribe of Menasseh, Gaddi the son of Sussi.
12 Ammiel, son of Gemalli, from the tribe of Dan.
Of the tribe of Dan, 'Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13 Sethur, son of Michael, from the tribe of Asher.
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
14 Nahbi, son of Vophsi, from the tribe of Naphtali.
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nachbi the son of Vophsi.
15 Geuel, son of Machi, from the tribe of Gad.
Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
16 These were the names of the men that Moses sent to explore the country. Moses called Hoshea Joshua.
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']].
17 Moses sent them out to explore the land of Canaan, telling them, “Go through the Negev and on into the hill country.
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;
18 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?
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;
19 Is the land where they're living good or bad? Are their towns like open camps, or do they have defensive walls?
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;
20 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.)
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.
21 So the men went and explored the land all the way from the Desert of Zin to Rehob, bear Lebo-hamath.
And they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rechob, on the road to Chamath.
22 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.
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.]
23 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.
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.
24 (The place was named the Valley of Eshcol because of the bunch of grapes they took from there.)
That place was called the valley of Eshcol, on account of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there.
25 Forty days later the men returned from exploring the country.
And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
26 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.
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.
27 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!
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.
28 But the people living there are strong, and their towns are big and have defensive walls. We also saw some descendants of Anak there.
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.
29 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.”
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.
30 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!”
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.
31 But the men who had gone with him disagreed. “We can't go and fight these people! They're much stronger than us!”
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 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!
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.
33 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!”
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.
