Numbers Chapter 13
13:1 | And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
13:2 | Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of ![]() |
13:3 | And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men [were] heads of the children of ![]() |
13:4 | And these [were] their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. |
13:5 | Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. |
13:6 | Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. |
13:7 | Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. |
13:8 | Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. |
13:9 | Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. |
13:10 | Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. |
13:11 | Of the tribe of Joseph, [namely], of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. |
13:12 | Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. |
13:13 | Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. |
13:14 | Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. |
13:15 | Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. |
13:16 | These [are] the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. |
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: |
13:18 | And ![]() |
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; |
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 ![]() ![]() |
13:21 | So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. |
13:22 | 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.) |
13:23 | 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. |
13:24 | The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of ![]() |
13:25 | And they returned from searching of the land after forty ![]() |
13:26 | And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of ![]() |
13:27 | And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with ![]() |
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 Anak there. |
13:29 | 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. |
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. |
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. |
13:32 | And they brought up an ![]() ![]() |
13:33 | 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. |