Numbers 13

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,	1 The LORD said to Moses,
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.	2 "Send men to reconnoiter the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. You shall send one man from each ancestral tribe, all of them princes."
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.	3 So Moses dispatched them from the desert of Paran, as the LORD had ordered. All of them were leaders among the Israelites;
4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.	4 by name they were: Shammua, son of Zaccur, of the tribe of Reuben;
5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.	5 Shaphat, son of Hori, of the tribe of Simeon;
6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.	6 Caleb, son of Jephunneh, of the tribe of Judah;
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.	7 Igal (son of Joseph), of the tribe of Issachar;
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.	8 Hoshea, son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim;
9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.	9 Palti, son of Raphu, of the tribe of Benjamin;
10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.	10 Gaddiel, son of Sodi, of the tribe of Zebulun;
11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.	11 Gaddi, son of Susi, of the tribe of Manasseh, for the Josephites, with
12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.	12 Ammiel, son of Gemalli, of the tribe of Dan;
13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.	13 Sethur, son of Michael, of the tribe of Asher;
14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.	14 Nahbi, son of Vophsi, of the tribe of Naphtali;
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.	15 Geuel, son of Machi, of the tribe of Gad.
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.	16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent out to reconnoiter the land. But Hoshea, son of Nun, Moses called Joshua.
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:	17 In sending them to reconnoiter the land of Canaan, Moses said to them, "Go up here in the Negeb, up into the highlands,
18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;	18 and see what kind of land it is. Are the people living there strong or weak, few or many?
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;	19 Is the country in which they live good or bad? Are the towns in which they dwell open or fortified?
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 firstripe grapes.	20 Is the soil fertile or barren, wooded or clear? And do your best to get some of the fruit of the land." It was then the season for early grapes.
21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.	21 So they went up and reconnoitered the land from the desert of Zin as far as where Rehob adjoins Labo of Hamath.
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.)	22 Going up by way of the Negeb, they reached Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, descendants of the Anakim, were living. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
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.	23 They also reached the Wadi Eshcol, where they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes on it, which two of them carried on a pole, as well as some pomegranates and figs.
24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.	24 It was because of the cluster the Israelites cut there that they called the place Wadi Eshcol.
25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.	25 After reconnoitering the land for forty days they returned,
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 shewed them the fruit of the land.	26 met Moses and Aaron and the whole community of the Israelites in the desert of Paran at Kadesh, made a report to them all, and showed them the fruit of the country.
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.	27 They told Moses: "We went into the land to which you sent us. It does indeed flow with milk and honey, and here is its fruit.
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.	28 However, the people who are living in the land are fierce, and the towns are fortified and very strong. Besides, we saw descendants of the Anakim there.
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.	29 Amalekites live in the region of the Negeb; Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites dwell in the highlands, and Canaanites along the seacoast and the banks of the Jordan."
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.	30 Caleb, however, to quiet the people toward Moses, said, "We ought to go up and seize the land, for we can certainly do so."
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.	31 But the men who had gone up with him said, "We cannot attack these people; they are too strong for us."
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.	32 So they spread discouraging reports among the Israelites about the land they had scouted, saying, "The land that we explored is a country that consumes its inhabitants. And all the people we saw there are huge men,
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.	33 veritable giants (the Anakim were a race of giants); we felt like mere grasshoppers, and so we must have seemed to them."