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1 The
LORD spoke to
Moses, saying,
2 “Send
men, that they
may spy out
the land of Canaan,
which I give
to the children
of Israel. Of
every tribe of
their fathers, you
shall send a
man, every one
a prince among
them.”
3 Moses
sent them from
the wilderness of
Paran according to
the commandment of
the LORD. All
of them were
men who were
heads of the
children of Israel.
4 These
were their names:
Of the tribe
of Reuben, Shammua
the son of
Zaccur.
5 Of
the tribe of
Simeon, Shaphat
the son of
Hori.
6 Of
the tribe of
Judah, Caleb the
son of Jephunneh.
7 Of
the tribe of
Issachar, Igal the
son of Joseph.
8 Of
the tribe
of Ephraim, Hoshea
the son of
Nun.
9 Of
the tribe of
Benjamin, Palti
the son of
Raphu.
10 Of
the tribe of
Zebulun, Gaddiel
the son of
Sodi.
11 Of
the tribe of
Joseph, of the
tribe of Manasseh,
Gaddi the son
of Susi.
12 Of
the tribe of
Dan, Ammiel the
son of Gemalli.
13 Of
the tribe of Asher,
Sethur the son
of Michael.
14 Of
the tribe of
Naphtali, Nahbi
the son of
Vophsi.
15 Of
the tribe of
Gad, Geuel the
son of Machi.
16 These
are the names
of the men
who Moses sent
to spy out
the land. Moses
called Hoshea the
son of Nun
Joshua.
17 Moses
sent them to
spy out the land
of Canaan, and said
to them, “Go
up this way
by the South,
and go up
into the hill
country.
18 See
the land, what it
is; and the
people who dwell
therein, whether
they are strong
or weak, whether
they are few
or many;
19 and
what the land is
that they dwell
in, whether it is
good or bad;
and what cities
they are that
they dwell in,
whether in camps,
or in strongholds;
20 and
what the land is,
whether it is
fertile or poor,
whether there is
wood therein, or
not. Be courageous,
and bring some
of the fruit
of the land.” Now
the time was
the time of
the first-ripe grapes.
21 So
they went up,
and spied out
the land from the
wilderness of Zin
to Rehob, to
the entrance of
Hamath.
22 They
went up by
the South, and
came to Hebron;
and Ahiman, Sheshai,
and Talmai, the
children of Anak,
were there. (Now
Hebron was built
seven years before
Zoan in Egypt.)
23 They
came to the
valley of Eshcol,
and cut down
from there a
branch with
one cluster of
grapes, and they
bore it on
a staff between
two. They also
brought some of
the pomegranates
and figs.
24 That
place was called
the valley
of Eshcol, because
of the cluster
which the children
of Israel cut
down from there.
25 They
returned from
spying out the land
at the end
of forty days.
26 They
went and came
to Moses, to Aaron,
and to all
the congregation
of the children
of Israel, to
the wilderness of
Paran, to Kadesh;
and brought back
word to them
and to all
the congregation.
They showed them
the fruit of
the land.
27 They
told him, and said,
“We came to the land
where you sent
us. Surely it
flows with milk
and honey, and
this is its
fruit.
28 However,
the people who
dwell in the land
are strong, and
the cities are
fortified and very
large. Moreover,
we saw the
children of Anak
there.
29 Amalek
dwells in the land
of the South.
The Hittite, the
Jebusite, and
the Amorite dwell
in the hill
country. The
Canaanite dwells
by the sea,
and along the
side of the
Jordan.”
30 Caleb
stilled the people
before Moses,
and said, “Let’s go
up at once,
and possess it;
for we are well
able to overcome
it!”
31 But
the men who
went up with
him said, “We aren’t
able to go
up against the
people; for they
are stronger than
we.”
32 They
brought up an
evil report of
the land which
they had spied
out to the
children of Israel,
saying, “The land, through
which we have
gone to spy
it out, is
a land that eats
up its inhabitants;
and all the
people who we
saw in it
are men of great
stature.
33 There
we saw the
Nephilim,
the sons of
Anak, who come
from the
Nephilim.
We were in
our own sight
as grasshoppers,
and so we
were in their
sight.”