And the LORD spake
unto Moses
, saying
,
Send thou men
, that they may search
the land
of Canaan
, which I give
unto the children
of Israel
: of every
tribe
of their fathers
shall ye send
a man
, every one a ruler
among them.
And Moses by the commandment
of the LORD
sent
them from the wilderness
of Paran
: all those men
were
heads
of the children
of Israel
.
And these were their names: of the tribe
of Reuben
, Shammua
the son
of Zaccur
.
Of the tribe of Simeon
, Shaphat
the son
of Hori
.
Of the tribe of Judah
, Caleb
the son
of Jephunneh
.
Of the tribe of Issachar
, Igal
the son
of Joseph
.
Of the tribe of Ephraim
, Oshea
the son
of Nun
.
Of the tribe of Benjamin
, Palti
the son
of Raphu
.
Of the tribe of Zebulun
, Gaddiel
the son
of Sodi
.
Of the tribe of Joseph
, namely , of the tribe
of Manasseh
, Gaddi
the son
of Susi
.
Of the tribe of Dan
, Ammiel
the son
of Gemalli
.
Of the tribe of Asher
, Sethur
the son
of Michael
.
Of the tribe of Naphtali
, Nahbi
the son
of Vophsi
.
Of the tribe of Gad
, Geuel
the son
of Machi
.
These are the names of the men
which Moses
sent
to spy out
the land
. And Moses
called
Oshea
the son
of Nun
Jehoshua
.
And Moses sent
them to spy out
the land
of Canaan
, and said
unto them, Get you up
this way southward
, and go up
into the mountain
:
And see the land
, what it is ; and the people
that dwelleth
therein, whether they be strong
or weak
, few
or many
;
And what the land is that they dwell in
, whether it be good
or bad
; and what cities
they be that they dwell
in
, whether in tents
, or in strong holds
;
And what the land is , whether it be fat
or lean
, whether there be
wood
therein, or not. And be ye of good courage
, and bring
of the fruit
of the land
. Now the time
was the time
of the firstripe
grapes
.
So they went up, and searched
the land
from the wilderness
of Zin
unto Rehob
, as men come
to Hamath
.
And they ascended by the south
, and came
unto Hebron
; where Ahiman
, Sheshai
, and Talmai
, the children
of Anak
, were . (Now Hebron
was built
seven
years
before
Zoan
in Egypt
.)
And they came unto the brook
of Eshcol
, and cut down
from thence a branch
with one
cluster
of grapes
, and they bare
it between two
upon a staff
; and they brought of the pomegranates
, and of the figs
.
The place was called
the brook
Eshcol
, because of
the cluster of grapes
which the children
of Israel
cut down
from thence.
And they returned from searching
of the land
after
forty
days
.
And they went and came
to Moses
, and to Aaron
, and to all the congregation
of the children
of Israel
, unto the wilderness
of Paran
, to Kadesh
; and brought back
word
unto them, and unto all the congregation
, and shewed
them the fruit
of the land
.
And they told him, and said
, We came
unto the land
whither thou sentest
us, and surely it floweth
with milk
and honey
; and this is the fruit
of it.
Nevertheless the people
be strong
that dwell
in the land
, and the cities
are walled
, and very
great
: and moreover we saw
the children
of Anak
there.
The Amalekites dwell
in the land
of the south
: and the Hittites
, and the Jebusites
, and the Amorites
, dwell
in the mountains
: and the Canaanites
dwell
by the sea
, and by the coast
of Jordan
.
And Caleb stilled
the people
before Moses
, and said
, Let us go up
at once
, and possess
it; for we are well able
to overcome
it.
But the men that went up
with him said
, We be not able
to go up
against the people
; for they are stronger
than we.
And they brought up an evil report
of the land
which they had searched
unto the children
of Israel
, saying
, The land
, through which we have gone
to search
it, is a land
that eateth up
the inhabitants
thereof; and all the people
that we saw
in it
are men
of a great stature
.
And there we saw the giants
, the sons
of Anak
, which come of the giants
: and we were in our own sight
as grasshoppers
, and so we were in their sight
.