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CHAPTER 13

And the LORD

said

to

Moses,

“Send

men

to spy

out the land

of Canaan,

which

I

am giving

to the Israelites.

From each

of their fathers'

tribes

send

one

man

who is a leader

among them.”

So at

the command

of the LORD,

Moses

sent

them out

from the wilderness

of Paran.

All

the men

were leaders

of the Israelites,

and these

were their names:

From the tribe

of Reuben,

Shammua

son

of Zaccur;

from the tribe

of Simeon,

Shaphat

son

of Hori;

from the tribe

of Judah,

Caleb

son

of Jephunneh;

from the tribe

of Issachar,

Igal

son

of Joseph;

from the tribe

of Ephraim,

Hoshea

son

of Nun;

from the tribe

of Benjamin,

Palti

son

of Raphu;

from the tribe

of Zebulun,

Gaddiel

son

of Sodi;

from the tribe

of Manasseh

(a tribe

of Joseph),

Gaddi

son

of Susi;

from the tribe

of Dan,

Ammiel

son

of Gemalli;

from the tribe

of Asher,

Sethur

son

of Michael;

from the tribe

of Naphtali,

Nahbi

son

of Vophsi;

and from the tribe

of Gad,

Geuel

son

of Machi.

These

were the names

of the men

Moses

sent

to spy out

the land;

and Moses

gave

to Hoshea

son

of Nun

the name Joshua.

When Moses

sent

them

to spy out

the land

of Canaan,

he told

them,

“Go up

through the Negev,

and

into the hill country.

See

what

the land

is like

and

whether its people

are strong

or weak,

few

or

many.

Is the land

where

they

live

good

or

bad?

Are the cities

where

they

dwell

open camps

or

fortifications?

Is the soil

fertile

or

unproductive?

Are there

trees

in it

or

not?

Be courageous,

and bring back

some of the fruit

of the land.”

(It was the season

for the first ripe

grapes.)

So they went up

and spied out

the land

from the wilderness

of Zin

as

far as Rehob,

toward Lebo-hamath.

They went up

through the Negev

and came

to

Hebron,

where

Ahiman,

Sheshai,

and Talmai,

the descendants

of Anak,

dwelled.

It had been built

seven

years

before

Zoan

in Egypt.

When they came

to

the Valley

of Eshcol,

they cut down

a branch

with a single

cluster

of grapes,

which they carried

on a pole

between two men.

They also took some

pomegranates

and figs.

Because of

the cluster

of grapes the Israelites

cut

there,

that

place

was called

the Valley

of Eshcol.

After

forty

days

the men returned

from spying out

the land,

and they went back

to

Moses,

Aaron,

and the whole

congregation

of Israel

in

the Wilderness

of Paran

at Kadesh.

They brought back

a report

for all

the congregation

and showed

them the fruit

of the land.

And they gave this account

to Moses:

“We went

into

the land

to which

you sent us,

and indeed,

it

is flowing

with milk

and honey.

Here is

some of its fruit!

Nevertheless,

the people

living

in the land

are strong,

and the cities

are large

and fortified.

We even

saw

the descendants

of Anak

there.

The Amalekites

live

in the land

of the Negev;

the Hittites,

Jebusites,

and Amorites

live

in the hill country;

and the Canaanites

live

by

the sea

and along

the Jordan.”

Then Caleb

quieted

the people

before

Moses

and said,

“We must go up

and take possession of

the land,

for

we can certainly conquer

it!”

But the men

who

had gone up

with him

replied,

“We cannot

go up

against

the people,

for

they

are stronger

than we are!”

So they gave

the Israelites

a bad report

about the land

they had spied out:

“The land

we explored

devours

its inhabitants,

and all

the people

we saw

there

are great in stature.

We even saw

the Nephilim

there—

the descendants

of Anak

that come from

the Nephilim!

We seemed

like grasshoppers

in our own sight,

and we must have seemed

the same to them!”

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