Numbers 13:1–31

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²‘Send for thee men, and they spy the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel; one man, one man for the tribe of his fathers ye do send, every one a prince among them.’ ³And Moses sendeth them from the wilderness of Paran by the command of Jehovah; all of them are men, heads of the sons of Israel they are, ⁴and these their names: For the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur. ⁵For the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori. ⁶For the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh. ⁷For the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph. ⁸For the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea, son of Nun. ⁹For the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu. ¹⁰For the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi. ¹¹For the tribe of Joseph, (for the tribe of Manasseh,) Gaddi son of Susi. ¹²For the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli. ¹³For the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael. ¹⁴For the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vopshi. ¹⁵For the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi. ¹⁶These are the names of the men whom Moses hath sent to spy the land; and Moses calleth Hoshea son of Nun, Jehoshua. ¹⁷And Moses sendeth them to spy the land of Canaan, and saith unto them, ‘Go ye up this way into the south, and ye have gone up the mountain, ¹⁸and have seen the land what it is, and the people which is dwelling on it, whether it is strong or feeble; whether it is few or many; ¹⁹and what the land is in which it is dwelling, whether it is good or bad; and what are the cities in which it is dwelling, whether in camps or in fortresses; ²⁰And what the land is, whether it is fat or lean; whether there is wood in it or not; and ye have strengthened yourselves, and have taken of the fruit of the land;’ and the days are days of the first-fruits of grapes.

²¹And they go up and spy the land, from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob at the going in to Hamath; ²²and they go up by the south, and come in unto Hebron, and there are Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, children of Anak (and Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt), ²³and they come in unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch and one cluster of grapes, and they bear it on a staff by two, also some of the pomegranates, and of the figs. ²⁴That place hath one called Brook of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut from thence. ²⁵And they turn back from spying the land at the end of forty days.

²⁶And they go and come in unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto all the company of the sons of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and they bring them and all the company back word, and shew them the fruit of the land. ²⁷And they recount to him, and say, ‘We came in unto the land whither thou hast sent us, and also it is flowing with milk and honey—and this is its fruit; ²⁸only, surely the people which is dwelling in the land is strong; and the cities are fenced, very great; and also children of Anak we have seen there. ²⁹Amalek is dwelling in the land of the south, and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite is dwelling in the hill country, and the Canaanite is dwelling by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.’ ³⁰And Caleb stilleth the people concerning Moses, and saith, ‘Let us certainly go up—and we have possessed it; for we are thoroughly able for it.’ ³¹And the men who have gone up with him said, ‘We are not able to go up against the people, for it is stronger than we;’