13Numbers 13

1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,Select Numbers 13:1

2Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.Select Numbers 13:2

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.Select Numbers 13:3

4And these [were] their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.Select Numbers 13:4

5Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.Select Numbers 13:5

6Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.Select Numbers 13:6

7Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.Select Numbers 13:7

8Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.Select Numbers 13:8

9Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.Select Numbers 13:9

10Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.Select Numbers 13:10

11Of the tribe of Joseph, [namely], of the tribe of Manassah, Gaddi the son of Susi.Select Numbers 13:11

12Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.Select Numbers 13:12

13Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.Select Numbers 13:13

14Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.Select Numbers 13:14

15Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.Select Numbers 13:15

16These [are] the names of the men whom Moses sent to explore the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.Select Numbers 13:16

17And Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go ye up this [way] southward, and ascend the mountain:Select Numbers 13:17

18And see the land, what it [is]; and the people that dwell therein, whether they [are] strong or weak, few or many;Select Numbers 13:18

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 tents, or in strong holds;Select Numbers 13:19

20And what the land [is], whether it [is] fertile or barren, whether there is wood in it, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time [was] the time of the first ripe grapes.Select Numbers 13:20

21So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, as men come to Hamath.Select Numbers 13:21

22And they ascended by the south, and came to Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, [were]. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)Select Numbers 13:22

23And they came to the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it between two upon a staff; and [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.Select Numbers 13:23

24The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.Select Numbers 13:24

25And they returned from exploring the land after forty days.Select Numbers 13:25

26And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.Select Numbers 13:26

27And they told him, and said, We came to the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this [is] the fruit of it.Select Numbers 13:27

28Nevertheless, the people [are] strong that dwell in the land, and the cities [are] walled, [and] very great: and moreover, we saw the children of Anak there.Select Numbers 13:28

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.Select Numbers 13:29

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.Select Numbers 13:30

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.Select Numbers 13:31

32And they brought an evil report of the land which they had searched to the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we have passed to search it, [is] a land that eateth up its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it, [are] men of a great stature.Select Numbers 13:32

33And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, [who come] of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.Select Numbers 13:33