1 Yahweh then spoke to Moses, saying,
2 "Send men to explore the land of Canaan that I am giving to the sons of Israel; send one man from each of the ancestral tribes, all of them leaders."
3 So Moses sent these men from the wilderness of Paran as Yahweh commanded. All were leaders among the Israelites
4 and these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal;
8 from the sons of Joseph and from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
11 from the sons of Joseph and from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
15 from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Mahci.
16 These are the names of the men sent by Moses to explore the country. But Hoshea, the son of Nun, Moses called Joshua.
17 So Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan and said to them, "Go up by the south and then into the hill country
18 and see what the land is like, whether the people there are strong or weak, many or few.
19 See also whether the land they live in is good or barren. See what their cities are like, if they are open camps or fortresses.
20 See if the soil is fertile or poor, if the land is wooded or not. Be courageous and take some of the fruit of the land." It was the season for early grapes.
21 They went up and surveyed the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob near the entrance of Hamath.
22 They went up by the south and reached Hebron, an old city which had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt; the Anakites, Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai were living there.
23 And they came to the valley of Eshcol where they cut down a branch with a cluster of grapes. Two of them carried this by means of a pole. They also brought pomegranates and figs.
24 Because of the cluster that the sons of Israel had cut, they called that place the Valley of Eshcol.
25 After forty days of exploration, they returned.
26 They went and met Moses, Aaron and the whole community of Israelites in the wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They gave an account to them and the whole community and showed them the fruit of this land.
27 And they said, "We entered the land where you sent us, truly a land flowing with milk and honey and here is the fruit.
28 But how strong are the people who inhabit the land! The cities are fortified with walls and bars, and we even saw there descendants of the Anakites.
29 Amalekites live in the region of the Negeb; Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; the Canaanites are by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan."
30 Caleb then quieted the people who rose up against Moses and said, "We should go up and take over the land, for we shall surely overcome it."
31 But the men who had gone up with him said, "We cannot advance against these people for they are stronger than we are."
32 And they spread an unfavorable report about the land that they had explored, saying to the Israelites,"The land we went through to explore is a land that devours its inhabitants and all the people we saw there are men of great size.
33 We even saw giants (these giants were the Anakites). We felt like grasshoppers before them, and to them we must have seemed the same."
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Chapter 13 of numbers narrates sending the twelve spies to the land of Canaan in order to explore it before the invasion. The verses selected below are related to topics such as faith, courage, disobedience, confidence in God and His promises.
Deuteronomy 1:21: "See, the Lord, his God, he gave him the earth. Go up and take possession of it, like the Lord, the God of his ancestors, promised him. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged." In this verse, Moses encourages the people of Israel to trust God's promises and have the courage to take possession of the land that was promised to them.
Deuteronomy 1:26: "But you refused to rise; you rebelled against the order of the Lord, your God." This verse shows the disobedience of the people of Israel, who refused to trust God and to take possession of the land of Canaan.
Joshua 1:9: "Did I not have ordered you? Be strong and brave! Do not terminate, nor be discouraged, for the Lord, your God, will be with you where you walk." This verse was told by God to Joshua, who succeeded Moses as the leader of Israel. God encourages Joshua to be brave and to trust his promises, just as Moses had encouraged the people of Israel.
Joshua 2:24: "We recognize that the Lord has surrendered all this land to our hands and that His terror has fallen upon us, and therefore all the inhabitants of the earth are discouraged before you." This verse shows that despite the obstacles, the faith and courage of the people of Israel were rewarded by God, who handed the land of Canaan into their hands.
Joshua 14:12: "Now give me this mountainous region that the Lord promised me that day. You heard that day that the anachins are there and that the cities are great and fortified, but with the Lord by my side, I I will expel them, as he promised. " In this verse, Caleb, one of the spies they trusted in God and encouraged the people of Israel to invade Canaan, resembles Joshua of God's promise and reaffirms their faith in divine help to conquer the earth.
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