Then athe LORD spoke
to Moses
saying
,
" aSend out for yourself men
so that they may spy
out the land
of Canaan
, which
I am going to give
to the sons
of Israel
; you shall send
a man
from each
of their fathers'
tribes
, every
one
a leader
among them."
So Moses sent
them from the wilderness
of Paran
at the 1command
of the LORD
, all
of them men
who were heads
of the sons
of Israel
.
These then were their names
: from the tribe
of Reuben
, Shammua
the son
of Zaccur
;
from the tribe of Simeon
, Shaphat
the son
of Hori
;
from the tribe of Judah
, aCaleb
the son
of Jephunneh
;
from the tribe of Issachar
, Igal
the son
of Joseph
;
from the tribe of Ephraim
, aHoshea
the son
of Nun
;
from the tribe of Benjamin
, Palti
the son
of Raphu
;
from the tribe of Zebulun
, Gaddiel
the son
of Sodi
;
from the tribe of Joseph
, from the tribe
of Manasseh
, Gaddi
the son
of Susi
;
from the tribe of Dan
, Ammiel
the son
of Gemalli
;
from the tribe of Asher
, Sethur
the son
of Michael
;
from the tribe of Naphtali
, Nahbi
the son
of Vophsi
;
from the tribe of Gad
, Geuel
the son
of Machi
.
These are the names
of the men
whom
Moses
sent
to spy
out the land
; but Moses
called
aHoshea
the son
of Nun
, Joshua
.
When Moses sent
them to spy
out the land
of Canaan
, he said
to them, "Go
up 1there
into athe 2Negev
; then go
up into the hill
country
.
"See what
the land
is like, and whether the people
who live
in it are strong
or weak
, whether they are few
or
many
.
"How is the land
in which
they live
, is it good
or
bad
? And how
are the cities
in which
they live
, are they 1like open camps
or
with fortifications
?
" aHow is the land
, is it fat
or
lean
? Are there
trees
in it or
not? 1Make
an beffort
then to get
some
of the fruit
of the land
." Now the time
was the time
of the first
ripe
grapes
.
So they went up and spied
out the land
from athe wilderness
of Zin
as far
as Rehob
, 1 bat Lebo-hamath
.
When they had gone up into athe Negev
, 1they came
to Hebron
where
bAhiman
, Sheshai
and Talmai
, the 2descendants
of cAnak
were. (Now Hebron
was built
seven
years
before
dZoan
in Egypt
.)
Then they came to the 1valley
of 2 aEshcol
and from there
cut
down
a branch
with a single
cluster
of grapes
; and they carried
it on a pole
between two
men, with some
of the pomegranates
and the figs
.
That place was called
the valley
of 1Eshcol
, because
of the cluster
which
the sons
of Israel
cut
down
from there
.
When they returned from spying
out the land
, at the end
of forty
days
,
they proceeded to come
to Moses
and Aaron
and to all
the congregation
of the sons
of Israel
1in the wilderness
of Paran
, at aKadesh
; and they brought
back
word
to them and to all
the congregation
and showed
them the fruit
of the land
.
Thus they told him, and said
, "We went
in to the land
where
you sent
us; and ait certainly
does flow
with milk
and honey
, and bthis
is its fruit
.
"Nevertheless, athe people
who live
in the land
are strong
, and the cities
are fortified
and very
large
; and moreover
, we saw
bthe 1descendants
of Anak
there
.
"Amalek is living
in the land
of athe Negev
and the Hittites
and the Jebusites
and bthe Amorites
are living
in the hill
country
, and cthe Canaanites
are living
by the sea
and by the side
of the Jordan
."
Then Caleb quieted
the people
1before
Moses
and said
, "We should by all
means
go
up and take
possession
of it, for we will surely
overcome
it."
But the men who
had gone
up with him said
, " aWe are not able
to go
up against
the people
, for they are too
strong
for us."
So they gave out to the sons
of Israel
aa bad
report
of the land
which
they had spied
out, saying
, "The land
through
which
we have gone
, in spying
it out, is ba land
that devours
its 1inhabitants
; and call
the people
whom
we saw
in it are men
of great size
.
"There also we saw
the aNephilim
(the sons
of Anak
are part of the Nephilim
); and bwe became
like grasshoppers
in our own sight
, and so
we were in their sight
."