Numbers 13
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
And there the Lord spak to Moises,
2 Send for you 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, you shall send them away according to their families, every one of them a prince.
and seide, Sende thou men that schulen biholde the lond of Canaan, which Y schal yyue to the sones of Israel, of ech lynage o man of the princes.
3 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.
Moises dide that that the Lord comaundide, and sente fro the deseert of Pharan princes, men of whiche these ben the names.
4 And these [are] their names: of the tribe of Ruben, Samuel the son of Zachur.
Of the lynage of Ruben, Semmya, the sone of Zectur.
5 Of the tribe of Symeon, Saphat the son of Suri.
Of the lynage of Symeon, Saphat, the sone of Hury.
6 Of the tribe of Judah, Chaleb the son of Jephonne.
Of the lynage of Juda, Caleph, the sone of Jephone.
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Ilaal the son of Joseph.
Of the lynage of Isachar, Igal, the sone of Joseph.
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Ause the son of Naue.
Of the lynage of Effraym, Osee, the sone of Nun.
9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the son of Raphu.
Of the lynage of Beniamyn, Phalti, the sone of Raphu.
10 Of the tribe of Zabulon, Gudiel the son of Sudi.
Of the lynage of Zabulon, Gediel, the sone of Sodi.
11 Of the tribe of Joseph of the sons of Manasse, Gaddi the son of Susi.
Of the lynage of Joseph, of the gouernaunce of Manasses, Gaddi, the sone of Susy.
12 Of the tribe of Dan, Amiel the son of Gamali.
Of the lynage of Dan, Amyel, the sone of Gemalli.
13 Of the tribe of Aser, Sathur the son of Michael.
Of the lynage of Aser, Sur, the sone of Mychael.
14 Of the tribe of Nephthali, Nabi the son of Sabi.
Of the lynage of Neptalym, Nabdi, the sone of Napsi.
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Gudiel the son of Macchi.
Of the lynage of Gad, Guel, the sone of Machi.
16 These [are] the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses called Ause the son of Naue, Joshua.
These ben the names of men, which Moises sente to biholde the lond of Canaan; and he clepide Osee, the sone of Nun, Josue.
17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Chanaan, and said to them, Go up by this wilderness; and you shall go up to the mountain,
Therfor Moises sente hem to biholde the lond of Canaan, and seide to hem, `Stie ye bi the south coost; and whanne ye comen to the hillis,
18 and you 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.
biholde ye the lond, what maner lond it is; and biholde ye the puple which is the dwellere therof, whether it is strong, ethir feble, `whether thei ben fewe in noumbre, ether manye;
19 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.
whether that lond is good, ethir yuel; what maner citees ben, wallid, ether without wallis;
20 And what the land is, whether rich or poor; whether there are trees in it or no: and you shall persevere and take of the fruits of the land: and the days [were] the days of spring, the forerunners of the grape.
whether the lond is fat, ether bareyn, `whether it is ful of woodis, ethir without trees. Be ye coumfortid, and `brynge ye to vs of the fruytis of that lond. Sotheli the tyme was, whanne grapis first ripe myyten be etun thanne.
21 And they went up and surveyed the land from the wilderness of Sin to Rhoob, as men go in to Aemath.
And whanne thei hadden stied, thei aspieden the lond, fro the deseert of Syn `til to Rohob, as men entryth to Emath.
22 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.
And thei stieden to the south, and camen in to Ebron, where Achyman, and Sisai, and Tholmai, the sones of Enach, weren; for Hebron was maad bi seuen yeer bifor Thamnys, the citee of Egipt.
23 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.
And thei yeden til to the stronde of clustre, and kittiden doun a sioun with his grape, which twei men baren in a barre; also thei token of pumgarnadis, and of the figis of that place which is clepid Nehelescol,
24 And they called that place, The valley of the cluster, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
that is, the stronde of grape, for the sones of Israel baren a clustre fro thennus.
25 And they returned from thence, having surveyed the land, after forty days.
And the aspieris of the lond, whanne thei hadden cumpassid al the cuntrey, after fourti daies camen to Moises and Aaron,
26 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 showed the fruit of the land:
and to al the cumpany of the sones of Israel, in to the deseert of Pharan which is in Cades. And `the aspieris spaken to hem, and schewiden the fruytis of the lond to al the multitude, and telden,
27 and they reported to him, and said, We came into the land into which you sent us, a land flowing with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
and seiden, We camen to the lond, to which thou sentest vs, which lond treuli flowith with mylk and hony, as it may be knowun bi these fruytis;
28 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.
but it hath strongeste inhabiteris, and grete cytees, and wallid; we sien there the kynrede of Anachym; Amalech dwellith in the south;
29 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.
Ethei, and Jebusei, and Amorey dwellen in the hilli placis; forsothe Cananey dwellith bisidis the see, and bisidis the floodis of Jordan.
30 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.
Among thes thingis Caleph peeside the grutchyng of the puple, that was maad ayens Moises, and seide, `Stie we, and welde we the lond, for we moun gete it.
31 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.
Forsothe other aspieris, that weren with hym, seiden, We moun not stie to this puple, for it is strongere than we.
32 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.
And thei deprauyden the lond which thei hadden biholde, anentis the sones of Israel, and seiden, The lond which we cumpassiden deuourith hise dwelleris; the puple which we bihelden is of large stature; there we syen summe wondris ayens kynde,
33 And there we saw the giants; and we were before them as locusts, yes even so were we before them.
of the sones of Enach, of the kynde of geauntis, to whiche we weren comparisound, and weren seien as locustis.
