13:1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
13:2 Send for thee men, and let them spy the land of the Chananites, which I
give to the sons of Israel for a possession; one man for a tribe, thou shalt
send them away according to their families, every one of them a prince.
13:3 And Moses sent them out of the wilderness of Pharan by the word of the
Lord; all these [were] the princes of the sons of Israel.
13:4 And these [are] their names: of the tribe of Ruben, Samuel the son of
Zachur.
13:5 Of the tribe of Symeon, Saphat the son of Suri.
13:6 Of the tribe of Judah, Chaleb the son of Jephonne.
13:7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Ilaal the son of Joseph.
13:8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Ause the son of Naue.
13:9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the son of Raphu.
13:10 Of the tribe of Zabulon, Gudiel the son of Sudi.
13:11 Of the tribe of Joseph of the sons of Manasse, Gaddi the son of Susi.
13:12 Of the tribe of Dan, Amiel the son of Gamali.
13:13 Of the tribe of Aser, Sathur the son of Michael.
13:14 Of the tribe of Nephthali, Nabi the son of Sabi.
13:15 Of the tribe of Gad, Gudiel the son of Macchi.
13:16 These [are] the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land;
and Moses called Ause the son of Naue, Joshua.
13:17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Chanaan, and said to them,
Go up by this wilderness; and ye shall go up to the mountain,
13:18 and ye shall see the land, what it is, and the people that dwells on
it, whether it is strong or weak, or [whether] they are few or many.
13:19 And what the land is on which they dwell, [whether] it is good or bad;
and what the cities are wherein these dwell, whether they dwell in walled
[cities] or unwalled.
13:20 And what the land is, whether rich or poor; whether there are trees in
it or no: and ye shall persevere and take of the fruits of the land: and the
days [were] the days of spring, the forerunners of the grape.
13:21 And they went up and surveyed the land from the wilderness of Sin to
Rhoob, as men go in to Aemath.
13:22 And they went up by the wilderness, and departed as far as Chebron;
and there [was] Achiman, and Sessi, and Thelami, the progeny of Enach. Now
Chebron was built seven years before Tanin of Egypt.
13:23 And they came to the valley of the cluster and surveyed it; and they
cut down thence a bough and one cluster of grapes upon it, and bore it on
staves, and [they took] of the pomegranates and the figs.
13:24 And they called that place, The valley of the luster, because of the
cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
13:25 And they returned from thence, having surveyed the land, after forty
days.
13:26 And they proceeded and came to Moses and Aaron and all the
congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Pharan Cades;
and they brought word to them and to all the congregation, and they shewed
the fruit of the land:
13:27 and they reported to him, and said, We came into the land into which
thou sentest us, a land flowing with milk and honey; and this is the fruit
of it.
13:28 Only the nation that dwells upon it is bold, and they have very great
and strong walled towns, and we saw there the children of Enach.
13:29 And Amalec dwells in the land toward the south: and the Chettite and
the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwells in the hill country: and
the Chananite dwells by the sea, and by the river Jordan.
13:30 And Chaleb stayed the people from speaking before Moses, and said to
him, Nay, but we will go up by all means, and will inherit it, for we shall
surely prevail against them.
13:31 But the men that went up together with him said, We will not go up,
for we shall not by any means be able to go up against the nation, for it is
much stronger than we.
13:32 And they brought a horror of that land which they surveyed upon the
children of Israel, saying, The land which we passed by to survey it, is a
land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are
men of extraordinary stature.
13:33 And there we saw the giants; and we were before them as locusts, yea
even so were we before them. |
13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
13:2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give
unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a
man, every one a ruler among them.
13:3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness
of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
13:4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of
Zaccur.
13:5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
13:6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
13:7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
13:8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
13:9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
13:10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
13:11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the
son of Susi.
13:12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13:13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
13:14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
13:15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
13:16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land.
And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
13:17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them,
Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
13:18 And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth therein,
whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
13:19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad;
and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong
holds;
13:20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood
therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the
land. Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes.
13:21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto
Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
13:22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman,
Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven
years before Zoan in Egypt.)
13:23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a
branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a
staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
13:24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of
grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
13:25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
13:26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the
congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to
Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and
showed them the fruit of the land.
13:27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou
sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit
of it.
13:28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the
cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak
there.
13:29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and
the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites
dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
13:30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at
once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
13:31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up
against the people; for they are stronger than we.
13:32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched
unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to
search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the
people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
13:33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the
giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in
their sight. |