Numbers 13

Spies View the Land

13AND THE Lord said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H5592Send men to explore {and} scout out [for yourselves] the land of Canaan, which I give to the Israelites. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader {or} head among them.H7971H582H8446H776H3667H5414H1121H3478H376H4294H1H7971H259H53873So Moses by the command of the Lord sent scouts from the Wilderness of Paran, all of them men who were heads of the Israelites.H4872H6310H3068H7971H4057H6290H582H1992H7218H1121H34784These were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;H8034H4294H7205H8051H1121H21395Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;H4294H8095H8202H1121H27536Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;H4294H3063H3612H1121H33127Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;H4294H3485H3008H1121H31308Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea [that is, Joshua] son of Nun;H4294H669H1954H1121H51269Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;H4294H1144H6406H1121H750510Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;H4294H2074H1427H1121H547611Of the tribe of Joseph, that is, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi;H4294H3130H4294H4519H1426H1121H548512Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;H4294H1835H5988H1121H158213Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;H4294H836H5639H1121H431714Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;H4294H5321H5147H1121H205815Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.H4294H1410H1345H1121H435216These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to explore {and} scout out the land. And Moses called Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua.H8034H582H4872H7971H8446H776H4872H7121H1954H1121H5126H309117Moses sent them to scout out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Get up this way by the South (the Negeb) and go up into the hill country,H4872H7971H8446H776H3667H559H5927H5045H5927H202218And see what the land is and whether the people who dwell there are strong or weak, few or many,H7200H776H5971H3427H2389H7504H4592H722719And whether the land they live in is good or bad, and whether the cities they dwell in are camps or strongholds,H776H3427H2896H7451H5892H3427H2007H4264H401320And what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is timber on it or not. And be of good courage and bring some of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes.H776H8082H7330H3426H6086H2388H3947H6529H776H3117H3117H1061H602521So they went up and scouted through the land from the Wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.H5927H8446H776H4057H6790H7340H935H257422And then went up into the South (the Negeb) and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai [probably three tribes of] the sons of Anak were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)H5927H5045H935H2275H289H8344H8526H3211H6061H2275H1129H7651H8141H6440H6814H471423And they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two [of them]; they brought also some pomegranates and figs.H935H5158H812H3772H2156H259H811H6025H5375H8147H4132H7416H838424That place was called the Valley of Eshcol [cluster] because of the cluster which the Israelites cut down there.H4725H7121H5158H812H182H811H1121H3478H3772

The Spies’ Reports

25And they returned from scouting out the land after forty days.H7725H8446H776H7093H705H311726They came to Moses and Aaron and to all the Israelite congregation in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh, and brought them word, and showed them the land's fruit.H3212H935H4872H175H5712H1121H3478H4057H6290H6946H7725H1697H5712H7200H6529H77627They told Moses, We came to the land to which you sent us; surely it flows with milk and honey. This is its fruit.H5608H559H935H776H7971H2100H2461H1706H652928But the people who dwell there are strong, and the cities are fortified {and} very large; moreover, there we saw the sons of Anak [of great stature and courage].H657H5971H5794H3427H776H5892H1219H3966H1419H7200H3211H606129Amalek dwells in the land of the South (the Negeb); the Hittite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanite dwells by the sea and along by the side of the Jordan [River].H6002H3427H776H5045H2850H2983H567H3427H2022H3669H3427H3220H3027H338330Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once and possess it; we are well able to conquer it.H3612H2013H5971H4872H559H5927H5927H3423H3201H320131But his fellow scouts said, We are not able to go up against the people [of Canaan], for they are stronger than we are.H582H5927H559H3201H5927H5971H238932So they brought the Israelites an evil report of the land which they had scouted out, saying, The land through which we went to spy it out is a land that devours its inhabitants. And all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.H3318H1681H776H8446H1121H3478H559H776H5674H8446H776H398H3427H5971H7200H8432H582H406033There we saw the Nephilim [or giants], the sons of Anak, who come from the giants; and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.H7200H5303H1121H6061H5303H5869H2284H5869