Numbers 13

Thomson(i) 1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Send men, and let them examine for thee the land of the Chananites, which I am about to give to the children of Israel for a possession. Thou shalt send a man for every tribe; according to the communities of their patriarchal families, thou shalt send them, every one a leader among them. 3 So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Pharan, by the command of the Lord. All the men were principal officers of the children of Israel, 4 and these were their names; Of the tribe of Reuben, Samuel, son of Zachur; 5 of the tribe of Symeon, Saphat, son of Suri; 6 Of the tribe of Judas, Chaleb, son of Jephonne; 7 of the tribe of Issachar, Ilaal, son of Joseph; 8 of the tribe of Ephraim, Ause, son of Nave; 9 of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti, son of Raphu; 10 of the tribe of Zabulon, Gudiel, son of Sudi; 11 of the tribe of Joseph; of the Manassites, Gaddi, son of Susi; 12 of the tribe of Dan, Amiel, son of Gamali; 13 of the tribe of Aser, Sathur, son of Michael; 14 of the tribe of Nephthaleim, Nabi, son of Sabi; 15 of the tribe of Gad, Gudiel, son of Makchi. 16 These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to examine the land: [now Moses had surnamed Ause, son of Nave, Joshua.] 17 And upon sending them to view the land of Chanaan, Moses said to them, Having gone up through this wilderness, you shall go up to the mountain, 18 and view the land, of what sort it is; and the people who are settled in it, whether they be strong or weak; whether few or many; 19 and what sort of a country it is in which they are settled, whether it is good or bad; and what sort of cities they inhabit, whether they dwell in cities with walls, or without walls; 20 and what the quality of the soil is, whether rich or poor; and whether there are trees there, or not. And having made a strict examination, you will bring with you some of the fruits of the land: [for their days, it being then the spring season, would reach to the time of the first ripe grapes.] 21 So they went up, and viewed the country from the wilderness of Sin, as far as Roob on the way to Aimath. 22 Then they went up, on a course parallel with the front of the desart; then turned down to Chebron, where were the Achimans and the Sessians, and the Thelamins, descendants of Enach. Now Chebron was built seven years before Tanis in Egypt. 23 And having come to the valley of grapes, and viewed it, they cut there a branch with a cluster of grapes on it, and carried it on poles, with some pomegranates and figs: 24 and they called the name of that place, Valley of Grapes; because of the bunch of grapes which the children of Israel cut there. 25 And having viewed the land, they set out thence on their return, after forty days, 26 and journeying on came to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation of the Israelites in the wilderness of Pharan Kades, and made report to them and to all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they gave him a minute detail and said, We went to the country to which thou didst send us, a land flowing with milk and honey, and this is the fruit of it. 28 But nevertheless because the nation which inhabiteth it is bold and the cities strong, defended with walls, and very large, and we have seen there the race of Enach; 29 and the Amalekites dwell in the land to the south, and the Chettites, and the Evites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, inhabit the hilly country; and the Chananites dwell on the sea shore, and along the river Jordan; 30 [Here Chaleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, We have only to go up, and we shall possess it, for we are stronger than they. 31 But the men who went up with him said] We will not go up; for we are not able to go up against that nation; for it is much more powerful than we are. 32 And they gave an astonishing account of the land which they had viewed, to the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we passed to view it, is a land which devoureth them who dwell therein; and all the people which we saw are men of immense stature. 33 There indeed we saw the giants, and we were before them like grasshoppers; indeed we were nothing else before them.