Numbers, 13

1. Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

1. The LORD said to Moses,

2. 'Send out men, one from each tribe, to reconnoitre the land of Canaan which I am giving the Israelites. Each of them is to be a leading man of the tribe.'

2. "Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the people of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a leader among them."

3. At Yahweh's order, Moses sent them from the desert of Paran. All of them were leading men of Israel.

3. So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the LORD, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel.

4. These were their names: For the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur:

4. And these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Sham'mu-a the son of Zaccur;

5. for the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;

5. from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;

6. for the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

6. from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephun'neh;

7. for the tribe of of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;

7. from the tribe of Is'sachar, Igal the son of Joseph;

8. for the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;

8. from the tribe of E'phraim, Hoshe'a the son of Nun;

9. for the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;

9. from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;

10. for the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;

10. from the tribe of Zeb'ulun, Gad'diel the son of Sodi;

11. for the tribe of Joseph, for the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi;

11. from the tribe of Joseph (that is from the tribe of Manas'seh), Gaddi the son of Susi;

12. for the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;

12. from the tribe of Dan, Am'miel the son of Gemal'li;

13. for the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;

13. from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;

14. for the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;

14. from the tribe of Naph'tali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;

15. for the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.

15. from the tribe of Gad, Geu'el the son of Machi.

16. Such were the names of the men whom Moses sent to reconnoitre the country. Moses then gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.

16. These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshe'a the son of Nun Joshua.

17. Moses sent them to reconnoitre the land of Canaan, 'Go up into the Negeb,' he said, 'then go up into the highlands.

17. Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up into the Negeb yonder, and go up into the hill country,

18. See what sort of country it is, and what sort of people the inhabitants are, whether they are strong or weak, few or many,

18. and see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many,

19. what sort of land they live on, whether it is good or poor; what sort of towns they live in, whether they are open or fortified;

19. and whether the land that they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell in are camps or strongholds,

20. what sort of land it is, fertile or barren, wooded or open. Be bold, and bring back some of the country's produce.' It was the season for early grapes.

20. and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there is wood in it or not. Be of good courage, and bring some of the fruit of the land." Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.

21. They went up and reconnoitred the country from the desert of Zin to Rehob, the Pass of Hamath.

21. So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath.

22. They went up by way of the Negeb as far as Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the Anakim, lived. (Hebron was founded seven years before Tanis in Egypt.)

22. They went up into the Negeb, and came to Hebron; and Ahi'man, She'shai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zo'an in Egypt.)

23. Reaching the Vale of Eshcol, there they lopped off a vine branch with a cluster of grapes, which two of them carried away on a pole, as well as pomegranates and figs.

23. And they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; they brought also some pomegranates and figs.

24. This place was called the Vale of Eshcol after the cluster which the Israelites cut there.

24. That place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down from there.

25. After forty days they returned from reconnoitring the country.

25. At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land.

26. Making their way to Moses, Aaron and the whole community of Israel, in the desert of Paran, at Kadesh, they made their report to them and the whole community, and displayed the country's produce.

26. And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.

27. This was the report they gave: 'We made our way into the country where you sent us. It does indeed flow with milk and honey; here is what it produces.

27. And they told him, "We came to the land to which you sent us; it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

28. At the same time, its inhabitants are a powerful people; the towns are fortified and very big; yes, and we saw the Anakim there.

28. Yet the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.

29. The Amalekites occupy the Negeb area, the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites the highlands, and the Canaanites the sea coast and the banks of the Jordan.'

29. The Amal'ekites dwell in the land of the Negeb; the Hittites, the Jeb'usites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan."

30. Caleb called the people round Moses to silence and then said, 'We must march in immediately and take it; we are certainly able to conquer it.'

30. But Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, "Let us go up at once, and occupy it; for we are well able to overcome it."

31. But the men who had been with him said, 'We cannot attack these people; they are stronger than we are.'

31. Then the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we."

32. And they began disparaging to the Israelites the country they had reconnoitred, saying, 'The country we have been to reconnoitre is a country that devours its inhabitants. All the people we saw there were of enormous size.

32. So they brought to the people of Israel an evil report of the land which they had spied out, saying, "The land, through which we have gone, to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.

33. We saw giants there too (the Anakim, descended from the Giants). We felt like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.'

33. And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim); and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them."