Numbers 13:17–24

¹⁷When Moses sent them to explore Canaan,^o he said, “Go up through the Negev^p and on into the hill country.^{q 18}See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. ¹⁹What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified? ²⁰How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.^r” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)^s

²¹So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin^t as far as Rehob,^u toward Lebo Hamath.^{v 22}They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron,^w where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai,^x the descendants of Anak,^y lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)^{z 23}When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,^aa they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates^b and figs.^{c 24}That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there.