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Spies Sent into Canaan

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Spies Sent to Canaan

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

“Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.”

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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.

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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 children of Israel.

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And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran: according to the commandment of Jehovah, all of them heads of the children of Israel.

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Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;

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And these are their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;

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

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

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from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;

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

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from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;

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

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from the tribe of Ephraim, [a]Hoshea the son of Nun;

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

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

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

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from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;

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

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from the tribe of Joseph, that is, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;

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

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from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;

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

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

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

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from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;

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

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from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.

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

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These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to [b]spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea[c] the son of Nun, Joshua.

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These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to search out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Jehoshua.

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Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains,

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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,

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and see what the land is like: whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many;

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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;

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whether the land they dwell in is good or bad; whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or strongholds;

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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;

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whether the land is [d]rich or poor; and whether there are forests there 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.

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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.

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So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath.

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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.

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And they went up through the South and came to Hebron; Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

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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.

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Then they came to the [e]Valley of Eshcol, and there cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they carried it between two of them on a pole. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.

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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.

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The place was called the Valley of [f]Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down there.

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That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the grapes which the children of Israel had cut down there.

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And they returned from spying out the land after forty days.

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The Reports of the Spies

And they returned from searching out the land after forty days.

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Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children 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.

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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.

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Then they told him, and said: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly [g]flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

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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.

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Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.

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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.

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The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.”

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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.

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Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”

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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.

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But 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.”

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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.

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And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature.

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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;

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There we saw the [h]giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like[i] grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”

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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.

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Numbers 13

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