Numbers 13

1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,● 2Send 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.● 3And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men {were} heads of the children of Israel.● 4And these {were} their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.● 5Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.● 6Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.● 7Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.● 8Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. {Oshea: also called, Joshua}● 9Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.● 10Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.● 11Of the tribe of Joseph, {namely}, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.● 12Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.● 13Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.● 14Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.● 15Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.● 16These {are} the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. {Oshea: also called Joshua} {Jehoshua: or, Joshua}● 17And 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:● 18And see the land, what it {is}; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they {be} strong or weak, few or many;● 19And 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;● 20And 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.● 21So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.● 22And 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.)● 23And 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. {brook: or, valley}● 24The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. {brook: or, valley} {Eshcol: that is, A cluster of grapes}● 25And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.● 26And 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.● 27And 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.● 28Nevertheless 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.● 29The 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.● 30And 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.● 31But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they {are} stronger than we.● 32And 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. {men...: Heb. men of statures}● 33And 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.●