Numbers 13

KING JAMES BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,	1 And the people set out from Hazeroth, and they pitched their tents in the desert of Paran.
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 And there, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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 “Send men, who may examine the land of Canaan, which I will give to the sons of Israel, one from the rulers of each tribe.”
4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.	4 Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending, from the desert of Paran, leading men, whose names are these:
5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.	5 from the tribe of Ruben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.	6 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.	7 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.	8 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.	9 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hosea the son of Nun;
10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.	10 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.	11 from the tribe of Zebulon, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.	12 from the tribe of Joseph, of the scepter of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.	13 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.	14 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.	15 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
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 from the tribe of Gad, Guel the son of Machi.
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 These are the names of the men, whom Moses sent to examine the land. And he called Hosea, the son of Nun, Joshua.
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 so, Moses sent them to examine the land of Canaan, and he said to them: “Ascend by the south side. And when you arrive at the mountains,
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 consider the land, as to what kind it may be, and the people, who are its inhabitants, whether they may be strong or weak, whether they may be few in number or many,
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 and the land itself, whether it is good or bad, what kind of cities, walled or without walls,
21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.	21 the soil, rich or barren, forested or without trees. Be strong, and bring us some of the fruits of the land.” Now it was the time when the first ripe grapes were ready to be eaten.
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 And when they had ascended, they explored the land from the desert of Sin, all the way to Rehob, as one enters into Hamath.
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 And they ascended by the south side. And they arrived at Hebron, where there were Ahiman and Shishai and Talmai, the sons of Anak. For Hebron was founded seven years before Tanis, the city of Egypt.
24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.	24 And continuing on as far as the Torrent of the Cluster of Grapes, they cut off a vine with its grapes, which two men carried on a board. Likewise, they took from the pomegranates and the figs of that place,
25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.	25 which was called Nehel Eshcol, that is, the Torrent of the Cluster of Grapes, because the sons of Israel had carried a cluster of grapes from there.
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 And those exploring the land returned after forty days, having circulated through the entire region.
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 And they went to Moses and Aaron, and to the entire assembly of the sons of Israel in the desert of Paran, which is in Kadesh. And speaking to them, and to the entire multitude, they showed them the fruits of the land.
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 And they explained, saying: “We went into the land, to which you sent us, which, it is true, flows with milk and honey, as one can know by these fruits.
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 But it has very strong occupants, and the cities are great and also walled. We saw the race of Anak there.
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 Amalek lives in the south. The Hethite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite live in the mountains. And truly, the Canaanite stays near the sea and around the streams of the Jordan.”
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 During these events, Caleb, to restrain the murmuring of the people who rose up against Moses, said, “Let us ascend and possess the land, for we will be able to obtain it.”
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 Yet truly, the others, who had been with him, were saying, “By no means are we able to ascend to this people, because they are stronger than we are.”
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 And before the sons of Israel they disparaged the land, which they had inspected, saying: “The land, which we viewed, devours its inhabitants. The people, upon whom we gazed, were of lofty stature.
	34 There, we saw some monsters among the sons of Anak, of the race of giants; by comparison with them, we seemed like locusts.”