Numbers:13

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* And the LORD spoke to Moses saying , * Send men so that they may search the land of Canaan , which I give to the sons of Israel . You shall send a man from every tribe of their fathers , everyone a ruler among them . * And Moses by the command of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran . All those men [were ] heads of the sons of Israel . * And these [were ] their names : Of the tribe of Reuben , Shammua the son of Zaccur . * Of the tribe of Simeon , Shaphat the son of Hori . * Of the tribe of Judah , Caleb the son of Jephunneh . * Of the tribe of Issachar , Igal the son of Joseph . * Of the tribe of Ephraim , Oshea the son of Nun . * Of the tribe of Benjamin , Palti the son of Raphu . * Of the tribe of Zebulun , Gaddiel the son of Sodi . * Of the tribe of Joseph , of the tribe of Manasseh , Gaddi the son of Susi . * Of the tribe of Dan , Ammiel the son of Gemalli . * Of the tribe of Asher , Sethur the son of Michael . * Of the tribe of Naphtali , Nahbi the son of Vophsi . * Of the tribe of Gad , Geuel the son of Machi . * These [were ] the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land . And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Joshua . * And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan , and said to them , Go up this [way ], southward , and go up [into ] the mountain . * And see the land , what it [is ], and the people that live in it , whether it is strong or weak , few or many . * And see what the land [is ] that they live in , whether it is good or bad ; and what cities they dwell in , whether in tents or in strongholds ; * and what the land [is ], whether fat or lean , whether there is wood in it or not . And be of good courage , and bring of the fruit of the land . Now the time [was ] the time of first ripe grapes . * So they went up and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob , as men come to Hamath . * And they went up by the south and came to Hebron , where Ahiman , Sheshai , and Talmai , the sons of Anak [were ]. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt .) * And they came to the valley of Eshcol and cut from there a branch with one cluster of grapes . And they carried it between two men upon a staff , and some of the pomegranates and of the figs . * The place was called the valley of Eshcol because of the cluster of grapes which the sons of Israel cut down from there . * And they returned from spying out the land after forty days . * And they left and came to Moses and to Aaron , and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel , to the wilderness of Paran , to Kadesh . And they brought back word to them and to all the congregation , and showed them the fruit of the land . * And they told him and said , We came to the land where you sent us , and surely it flows with milk and honey . And this [is ] the fruit of it . * However , the people that dwell in the land [are ] strong , and the cities [are ] walled , very great . And also we saw the children of Anak there . * 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 . * 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 . * But the men that went up with him said , We are not able to go up against the people , for they [are ] stronger than we . * And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched to the sons of Israel , saying , The land through which we have gone to search it , [is ] a land that eats up those who live in it . And all the people whom we saw in it were men of stature . * And there we saw the giants , the sons of Anak , of the giants . And we were in our own sight like grasshoppers , and so we were in their sight .

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