Numbers 13
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1And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 2Send thou men, that they may search out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel. Ye shall send a man of every tribe of his fathers, each a prince among them. 3And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran: according to the commandment of Jehovah, all of them heads of the children of Israel. 4And these are their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur; 5for the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori; 6for the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; 7for the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph; 8for the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun; 9for the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu; 10for the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi; 11for the tribe of Joseph, for the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi; 12for the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli; 13for the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael; 14for the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi; 15for the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 16These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to search out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Jehoshua. 17And Moses sent them to search out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the south and go up into the hill-country, 18and ye shall see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many; 19and 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; 20and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there are trees in it, or not. And take courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first grapes.
21And they went up, and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, where one comes towards Hamath. 22And they went up by the south, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt. 23And they came as far as the valley of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch with one bunch of grapes, and they bore it between two upon a pole; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. 24That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the grapes which the children of Israel had cut down there. 25And they returned from searching out the land after forty days.
26And they came, and went to Moses and to Aaron, and to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to the whole assembly; and shewed them the fruit of the land. 27And they told him, and said, We came to the land to which thou didst send us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. 28Only, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, very great; moreover we saw the children of Anak there. 29Amalek dwells in the land of the south; and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan. 30And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up boldly and possess it, for we are well able to do it. 31But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we. 32And they brought to the children of Israel an evil report of the land which they had searched out, saying, The land, which we have passed through to search it out, is a land that eateth up its inhabitants; and all the people that we have seen in it are men of great stature; 33and there have we seen giants — the sons of Anak are of the giants — and we were in our sight as grasshoppers, and so we were also in their sight.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Numbers 13
13
The Spies
(Deut 1.19–33)
1The LORD said to Moses, 2“Choose one of the leaders from each of the twelve tribes and send them as spies to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites.” 3-15Moses obeyed and from the wilderness of Paran he sent out leaders, as follows:
Tribe | Leader |
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Reuben | Shammua son of Zaccur |
Simeon | Shaphat son of Hori |
Judah | Caleb son of Jephunneh |
Issachar | Igal son of Joseph |
Ephraim | Hoshea son of Nun |
Benjamin | Palti son of Raphu |
Zebulun | Gaddiel son of Sodi |
Manasseh | Gaddi son of Susi |
Dan | Ammiel son of Gemalli |
Asher | Sethur son of Michael |
Naphtali | Nahbi son of Vophsi |
Gad | Geuel son of Machi |
16These are the spies Moses sent to explore the land. He changed the name of Hoshea son of Nun to Joshua.
17When Moses sent them out, he said to them, “Go north from here into the southern part of the land of Canaan and then on into the hill country. 18Find out what kind of country it is, how many people live there, and how strong they are. 19Find out whether the land is good or bad and whether the people live in open towns or in fortified cities. 20Find out whether the soil is fertile and whether the land is wooded. And be sure to bring back some of the fruit that grows there.” (It was the season when grapes were beginning to ripen.)
21So the men went north and explored the land from the wilderness of Zin in the south all the way to Rehob, near Hamath Pass in the north. 22They went first into the southern part of the land and came to Hebron, where the clans of Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of a race of giants called the Anakim, lived. (Hebron was founded seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 23They came to the Valley of Eshcol, and there they cut off a branch which had one bunch of grapes on it so heavy that it took two men to carry it on a pole between them. They also brought back some pomegranates and figs. 24(That place was named the Valley of Eshcol#13.24 Eshcol: This name in Hebrew means “bunch of grapes”. because of the bunch of grapes the Israelites cut off there.)
25After exploring the land for forty days, the spies returned 26to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had brought. 27They said to Moses, “We explored the land and found it to be rich and fertile; and here is some of its fruit. 28But the people who live there are powerful, and their cities are very large and well fortified. Even worse, we saw the descendants of the giants there. 29Amalekites live in the southern part of the land; Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and Canaanites live by the Mediterranean Sea and along the River Jordan.”
30Caleb silenced the people who were complaining against#13.30 complaining against; or gathered round. Moses, and said, “We should attack now and take the land; we are strong enough to conquer it.”
31But the men who had gone with Caleb said, “No, we are not strong enough to attack them; the people there are more powerful than we are.” 32So they spread a false report among the Israelites about the land they had explored. They said, “That land doesn't even produce enough to feed the people who live there. Everyone we saw was very tall, 33#Gen 6.4and we even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak. We felt as small as grasshoppers, and that is how we must have looked to them.”
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Good News Bible with Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha. Scripture taken from the Good News Bible (r) (Today's English Version Second Edition, UK/British Edition). Copyright © 1992 British & Foreign Bible Society. Used by permission.