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“Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.”
“Send out men to explore the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to the Israelites. Send one leader from each of the twelve ancestral tribes.”
So at the Lord’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.
So Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He sent out twelve men, all tribal leaders of Israel, from their camp in the wilderness of Paran.
These are their names:
from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur;
from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur;
These were the tribes and the names of their leaders:
| Tribe | Leader |
| Reuben | Shammua son of Zaccur |
from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;
Manasseh son of JosephGaddi son of Susi
These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.)
These are the names of the men Moses sent out to explore the land. (Moses called Hoshea son of Nun by the name Joshua.)
When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, “Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country.
Moses gave the men these instructions as he sent them out to explore the land: “Go north through the Negev into the hill country.
See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.
See what the land is like, and find out whether the people living there are strong or weak, few or many.
What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified?
See what kind of land they live in. Is it good or bad? Do their towns have walls, or are they unprotected like open camps?
How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)
Is the soil fertile or poor? Are there many trees? Do your best to bring back samples of the crops you see.” (It happened to be the season for harvesting the first ripe grapes.)
So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo Hamath.
So they went up and explored the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, near Lebo-hamath.
They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Going north, they passed through the Negev and arrived at Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai — all descendants of Anak — lived. (The ancient town of Hebron was founded seven years before the Egyptian city of Zoan.)
When they came to the valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes so large that it took two of them to carry it on a pole between them! They also brought back samples of the pomegranates and figs.
That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there.
That place was called the valley of Eshcol (which means “cluster”), because of the cluster of grapes the Israelite men cut there.
At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land.
The Scouting Report
After exploring the land for forty days, the men returned
Report on the Exploration
They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.
They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.
to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported to the whole community what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had taken from the land.
They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit.
This was their report to Moses: “We entered the land you sent us to explore, and it is indeed a bountiful country — a land flowing with milk and honey. Here is the kind of fruit it produces.
But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.
But the people living there are powerful, and their towns are large and fortified. We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak!
The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan.”
Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”
But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses. “Let’s go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly conquer it!”
But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.”
But the other men who had explored the land with him disagreed. “We can’t go up against them! They are stronger than we are!”
And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.
So they spread this bad report about the land among the Israelites: “The land we traveled through and explored will devour anyone who goes to live there. All the people we saw were huge.