13 And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying, 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. 3 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. 4 And these were their names: of the tribe
of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. 5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son
of Hori. 6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son
of Jephunneh. 7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son
of Joseph. 8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son
of Nun. 9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son
of Raphu. 10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the
son of Sodi. 11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the
tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son
of Gemalli. 13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son
of Michael. 14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the
son of Vophsi. 15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of
Machi. 16 These are the names of the men which
Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. 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: 18 And see the land, what it is, and the
people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; 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; 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.
21 So they
went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob,
as men come to Hamath. 22 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.) 23 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. 24 The
place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which
the children of Israel cut down from thence. 25 And
they returned from searching of the land after forty days. 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 Paran, to Kadesh; and
brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed
them the fruit of the land. 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. 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 Anak there. 29 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. 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. 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. 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. 33 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.