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Spies Sent to Canaan
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Spies View the Land
Then the LORD spoke to Moses saying,
Then the LORD spoke to Moses saying,
Send thou men, that they may search out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel. Ye shall send a man of every tribe of his fathers, each a prince among them.
“Send out for yourself men so that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give to the sons of Israel; you shall send a man from each of their fathers’ tribes, every one a leader among them.”
And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran: according to the commandment of Jehovah, all of them heads of the children of Israel.
So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command of the LORD, all of them men who were heads of the sons of Israel.
And these are their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
These then were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
for the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
for the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
for the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
for the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
for the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
for the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
for the tribe of Joseph, for the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
from the tribe of Joseph, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
for the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
for the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
for the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to search out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Jehoshua.
These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; but Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.
Instructions to the Spies
And Moses sent them to search out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the south and go up into the hill-country,
And Moses sent them to search out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the south and go up into the hill-country,
When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he said to them, “Go up there into the Negev; then go up into the hill country.
and ye shall see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many;
“See what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many.
and 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 camps, or in strongholds;
“How is the land in which they live, is it good or bad? And how are the cities in which they live, are they like open camps or with fortifications?
and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there are trees in it, or not. And take courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first grapes.
“How is the land, is it fat or lean? Are there trees in it or not? Make an effort then to get some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes.
The Spies Explore Canaan
And they went up, and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, where one comes towards Hamath.
And they went up, and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, where one comes towards Hamath.
So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, at Lebo-hamath.
And they went up by the south, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
When they had gone up into the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
And they came as far as the valley of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch with one bunch of grapes, and they bore it between two upon a pole; and [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
Then they came to the valley of Eshcol and from there cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they carried it on a pole between two men, with some of the pomegranates and the figs.
That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the grapes which the children of Israel had cut down there.
That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut down from there.
The Reports of the Spies
And they returned from searching out the land after forty days.
And they returned from searching out the land after forty days.
The Spies’ Reports
When they returned from spying out the land, at the end of forty days,
And they came, and went to Moses and to Aaron, and to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to the whole assembly; and shewed them the fruit of the land.
they proceeded to come to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; and they brought back word to them and to all the congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
And they told him, and said, We came to the land to which thou didst send us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
Thus they told him, and said, “We went in to the land where you sent us; and it certainly does flow with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
Only, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, very great; moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
“Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there.
Amalek dwells in the land of the south; and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.
“Amalek is living in the land of the Negev and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites are living in the hill country, and the Canaanites are living by the sea and by the side of the Jordan.”
And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up boldly and possess it, for we are well able to do it.
Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We should by all means go up and take possession of it, for we will surely overcome it.”
But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.
But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are too strong for us.”
And they brought to the children of Israel an evil report of the land which they had searched out, saying, The land, which we have passed through to search it out, is a land that eateth up its inhabitants; and all the people that we have seen in it are men of great stature;
So they gave out to the sons of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone, in spying it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great size.
and there have we seen giants -- the sons of Anak are of the giants -- and we were in our sight as grasshoppers, and so we were also in their sight.
“There also we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”