The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers
Num 13:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 13:2 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.
Num 13:3 And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Pa´-ran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
Num 13:4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Sham-mu´-a the son of Zac´-cur.
Num 13:5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Sha´-phat the son of Ho´-ri.
Num 13:6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Je-phun´-neh.
Num 13:7 Of the tribe of Is´-sa-char, I´-gal the son of Joseph.
Num 13:8 Of the tribe of E´-phra-im, O-she´a the son of Nun.
Num 13:9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Pal´-ti the son of Ra´-phu.
Num 13:10 Of the tribe of Zeb´-u-lun, Gad´di-el the son of So´-di.
Num 13:11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Ma-nas´-seh, Gad´-di the son of Su´-si.
Num 13:12 Of the tribe of Dan, Am´-mi-el the son of Ge-mal´-li.
Num 13:13 Of the tribe of Asher, Se´-thur the son of Mi´-cha-el.
Num 13:14 Of the tribe of Naph´-ta-li, Nah´bi the son of Voph´-si.
Num 13:15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geu´-el the son of Ma´-chi.
Num 13:16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called O-she´-a the son of Nun Je-hosh´-u-a.
Num 13:17 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:
Num 13:18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
Num 13:19 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;
Num 13:20 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.
Num 13:21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Re´-hob, as men come to Ha´math.
Num 13:22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto He´-bron; where A-hi´man, She´-shai, and Tal´-mai, the children of A´-nak, were. (Now He´-bron was built seven years before Zo´-an in Egypt.)
Num 13:23 And they came unto the brook of Esh´-col, 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.
Num 13:24 The place was called the brook Esh´-col, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
Num 13:25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
Num 13:26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Pa´-ran, to Ka´-desh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
Num 13:27 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.
Num 13:28 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 A´nak there.
Num 13:29 The Am´-a-lek-ites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hit´-tites, and the Jeb´-u-sites, and the Am´-orites, dwell in the mountains: and the Ca´-naa-nites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
Num 13:30 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.
Num 13:31 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.
Num 13:32 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.
Num 13:33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of A´-nak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.