1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
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.'
3 At Yahweh's order, Moses sent them from the desert of Paran. All of them were leading men of Israel.
4 These were their names: For the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur:
5 for the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
6 for the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
7 for the tribe of of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
8 for the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
9 for the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
10 for the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
11 for the tribe of Joseph, for the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi;
12 for the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
13 for the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
14 for the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;
15 for the tribe of Gad, Geuel 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.
17 Moses sent them to reconnoitre the land of Canaan, 'Go up into the Negeb,' he said, 'then go up into the highlands.
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,
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;
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.
21 They went up and reconnoitred the country from the desert of Zin to Rehob, the Pass 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.)
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.
24 This place was called the Vale of Eshcol after the cluster which the Israelites cut there.
25 After forty days they returned from reconnoitring the country.
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.
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.
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.
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.'
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.'
31 But the men who had been with him said, 'We cannot attack these people; they are stronger than we are.'
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.
33 We saw giants there too (the Anakim, descended from the Giants). We felt like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.'
Versículos relacionados com Numbers, 13:
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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