Numbers 13

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,	1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 'Send out men, one from each tribe, to reconnoitre the land of Canaan which I am giving theIsraelites. Each of them is to be a leading man of the tribe.'	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.
3 At Yahweh's order, Moses sent them from the desert of Paran. All of them were leading men of Israel.	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.
4 These were their names: For the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur:	4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
5 for the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;	5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
6 for the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;	6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
7 for the tribe of of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;	7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
8 for the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;	8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
9 for the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;	9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
10 for the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;	10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
11 for the tribe of Joseph, for the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi;	11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
12 for the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemal i;	12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13 for the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;	13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
14 for the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;	14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
15 for the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.	15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
16 Such were the names of the men whom Moses sent to reconnoitre the country. Moses then gaveHoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.	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.
17 Moses sent them to reconnoitre the land of Canaan, 'Go up into the Negeb,' he said, 'then go up intothe highlands.	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:
18 See what sort of country it is, and what sort of people the inhabitants are, whether they are strong orweak, few or many,	18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
19 what sort of land they live on, whether it is good or poor; what sort of towns they live in, whether theyare open or fortified;	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;
20 what sort of land it is, fertile or barren, wooded or open. Be bold, and bring back some of thecountry's produce.' It was the season for early grapes.	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.
21 They went up and reconnoitred the country from the desert of Zin to Rehob, the Pass of Hamath.	21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
22 They went up by way of the Negeb as far as Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, theAnakim, lived. (Hebron was founded seven years before Tanis in Egypt.)	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.)
23 Reaching the Vale of Eshcol, there they lopped off a vine branch with a cluster of grapes, which twoof them carried away on a pole, as wel as pomegranates and figs.	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.
24 This place was called the Vale of Eshcol after the cluster which the Israelites cut there.	24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
25 After forty days they returned from reconnoitring the country.	25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
26 Making their way to Moses, Aaron and the whole community of Israel, in the desert of Paran, atKadesh, they made their report to them and the whole community, and displayed the country's produce.	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.
27 This was the report they gave: 'We made our way into the country where you sent us. It does indeedflow with milk and honey; here is what it produces.	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.
28 At the same time, its inhabitants are a powerful people; the towns are fortified and very big; yes, andwe saw the Anakim there.	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.
29 The Amalekites occupy the Negeb area, the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites the highlands, and theCanaanites the sea coast and the banks of the Jordan.'	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.
30 Caleb called the people round Moses to silence and then said, 'We must march in immediately andtake it; we are certainly able to conquer it.'	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.
31 But the men who had been with him said, 'We cannot attack these people; they are stronger than weare.'	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.
32 And they began disparaging to the Israelites the country they had reconnoitred, saying, 'The countrywe have been to reconnoitre is a country that devours its inhabitants. Al the people we saw there were ofenormous size.	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.
33 We saw giants there too (the Anakim, descended from the Giants). We felt like grasshoppers, andso we seemed to them.'	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.