Numbers 13
1 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
The Lord told Moses,
2 to send: depart to/for you human and to spy [obj] land: country/planet Canaan which I to give: give to/for son: descendant/people Israel man one man one to/for tribe father his to send: depart all leader in/on/with them
“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.”
3 and to send: depart [obj] them Moses from wilderness Paran upon lip: word LORD all their human head: leader son: descendant/people Israel they(masc.)
Moses did as the Lord had ordered and sent the men out from the Desert of Paran. They were all leaders of the Israelites.
4 and these name their to/for tribe Reuben Shammua son: child Zaccur
Their names were: Shammua son of Zaccur, from the tribe of Reuben.
5 to/for tribe Simeon Shaphat son: child Hori
Shaphat, son of Hori, from the tribe of Simeon.
6 to/for tribe Judah Caleb son: child Jephunneh
Caleb, son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah.
7 to/for tribe Issachar Igal son: child Joseph
Igal, son of Joseph, from the tribe of Issachar.
8 to/for tribe Ephraim Hoshea son: child Nun
Hoshea, son of Nun, from the tribe of Ephraim.
9 to/for tribe Benjamin Palti son: child Raphu
Palti son of Raphu, from the tribe of Benjamin.
10 to/for tribe Zebulun Gaddiel son: child Sodi
Gaddiel, son of Sodi, from the tribe of Zebulun.
11 to/for tribe Joseph to/for tribe Manasseh Gaddi son: child Susi
Gaddi, son of Susi, from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph).
12 to/for tribe Dan Ammiel son: child Gemalli
Ammiel, son of Gemalli, from the tribe of Dan.
13 to/for tribe Asher Sethur son: child Michael
Sethur, son of Michael, from the tribe of Asher.
14 to/for tribe Naphtali Nahbi son: child Vophsi
Nahbi, son of Vophsi, from the tribe of Naphtali.
15 to/for tribe Gad Geuel son: child Machi
Geuel, son of Machi, from the tribe of Gad.
16 these name [the] human which to send: depart Moses to/for to spy [obj] [the] land: country/planet and to call: call by Moses to/for Hoshea son: child Nun Joshua
These were the names of the men that Moses sent to explore the country. Moses called Hoshea Joshua.
17 and to send: depart [obj] them Moses to/for to spy [obj] land: country/planet Canaan and to say to(wards) them to ascend: rise this in/on/with Negeb and to ascend: rise [obj] [the] mountain: hill country
Moses sent them out to explore the land of Canaan, telling them, “Go through the Negev and on into the hill country.
18 and to see: see [obj] [the] land: country/planet what? he/she/it and [obj] [the] people [the] to dwell upon her strong he/she/it weak little he/she/it if many
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?
19 and what? [the] land: country/planet which he/she/it to dwell in/on/with her pleasant he/she/it if bad: harmful and what? [the] city which he/she/it to dwell in/on/with them in/on/with camp if in/on/with fortification
Is the land where they're living good or bad? Are their towns like open camps, or do they have defensive walls?
20 and what? [the] land: country/planet rich he/she/it if lean there in/on/with her tree if nothing and to strengthen: strengthen and to take: bring from fruit [the] land: country/planet and [the] day day firstfruit grape
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.)
21 and to ascend: rise and to spy [obj] [the] land: country/planet from wilderness Zin till Rehob Lebo-(Hamath) Hamath
So the men went and explored the land all the way from the Desert of Zin to Rehob, bear Lebo-hamath.
22 and to ascend: rise in/on/with Negeb and to come (in): come till Hebron and there Ahiman Sheshai and Talmai born [the] Anak and Hebron seven year to build to/for face: before Zoan Egypt
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.
23 and to come (in): come till (Eshcol) Valley (Valley of) Eshcol and to cut: cut from there branch and cluster grape one and to lift: bear him in/on/with yoke in/on/with two and from [the] pomegranate and from [the] fig
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.
24 to/for place [the] he/she/it to call: call by (Eshcol) Valley (Valley of) Eshcol upon because [the] cluster which to cut: cut from there son: descendant/people Israel
(The place was named the Valley of Eshcol because of the bunch of grapes they took from there.)
25 and to return: return from to spy [the] land: country/planet from end forty day
Forty days later the men returned from exploring the country.
26 and to go: come and to come (in): come to(wards) Moses and to(wards) Aaron and to(wards) all congregation son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) wilderness Paran Kadesh [to] and to return: return [obj] them word and [obj] all [the] congregation and to see: see them [obj] fruit [the] land: country/planet
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.
27 and to recount to/for him and to say to come (in): come to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which to send: depart us and also to flow: flowing milk and honey he/she/it and this fruit her
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!
28 end for strong [the] people [the] to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet and [the] city to gather/restrain/fortify great: large much and also born [the] Anak to see: see there
But the people living there are strong, and their towns are big and have defensive walls. We also saw some descendants of Anak there.
29 Amalek to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet [the] Negeb and [the] Hittite and [the] Jebusite and [the] Amorite to dwell in/on/with mountain: hill country and [the] Canaanite to dwell upon [the] sea and upon hand: bank [the] Jordan
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.”
30 and to silence Caleb [obj] [the] people to(wards) Moses and to say to ascend: rise to ascend: rise and to possess: take [obj] her for be able be able to/for her
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!”
31 and [the] human which to ascend: rise with him to say not be able to/for to ascend: rise to(wards) [the] people for strong he/she/it from us
But the men who had gone with him disagreed. “We can't go and fight these people! They're much stronger than us!”
32 and to come out: send slander [the] land: country/planet which to spy [obj] her to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel to/for to say [the] land: country/planet which to pass in/on/with her to/for to spy [obj] her land: country/planet to eat to dwell her he/she/it and all [the] people which to see: see in/on/with midst her human measure
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!
33 and there to see: see [obj] [the] Nephilim son: descendant/people Anak from [the] Nephilim and to be in/on/with eye: appearance our like/as locust and so to be in/on/with eye: appearance their
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!”
