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| 1Later, the LORD told Moses, | 1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
| 2"Send men to explore the land of Canaan that I'm about to give to the Israelis. Send one man to represent each of his ancestor's tribes, every one of them a distinguished leader among them." | 2Send 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. |
| 3So that's just what Moses did, sending them from the Wilderness of Paran according to the LORD's instructions. All of the men were Israeli leaders. | 3And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel. |
| 4These were their names: From Reuben's tribe, Zaccur's son Shammua; | 4And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. |
| 5From Simeon's tribe, Hori's son Shaphat; | 5Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. |
| 6From Judah's tribe, Jephunneh's son Caleb; | 6Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. |
| 7from Issachar's tribe, Joseph's son Igal; | 7Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. |
| 8From Ephraim's tribe, Nun's son Hoshea; | 8Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. |
| 9From Benjamin's tribe, Raphu's son Palti; | 9Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. |
| 10from Zebulun's tribe, Sodi's son Gaddiel; | 10Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. |
| 11from Joseph's tribe of Manasseh, Susi's son Gaddi; | 11Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. |
| 12From Dan's tribe, Gemalli's son Ammiel; | 12Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. |
| 13from Asher's tribe, Michael's son Sethur; | 13Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. |
| 14from Naphtali's tribe, Vophsi's son Nahbi; | 14Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. |
| 15and from Gad's tribe, Machi's son Geuel. | 15Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. |
| 16These are the names of the men sent by Moses to explore the land. Moses renamed Nun's son Hoshea to Joshua. | 16These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. |
| 17Then he sent them out to explore the land of Canaan. He instructed them, "Go up from here through the Negev, then ascend to the hill country. | 17And 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: |
| 18See what the land is like. Observe whether the people who live there are strong or weak, or whether they're few or numerous. | 18And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; |
| 19Look to see whether the land where they live is good or bad, and whether the cities in which they live are merely tents or if they're fortified. | 19And 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; |
| 20Examine the farmland, whether it's fertile or barren, and see if there are fruit-bearing trees in it or not. Be very courageous, and bring back some samples of the fruit of the land." As it was, that time of year was the season for the first fruits of the grape harvest. | 20And 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. |
| 21So they went to explore the land from the Wilderness of Zin to Rehob, and as far as the outskirts of Hamath. | 21So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. |
| 22They went through the Negev and reached Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak lived. (Hebron had been constructed seven years before Zoan in Egypt had been built). | 22And 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.) |
| 23Soon they arrived in the valley of Eshcol, where they cut a single branch of grapes and carried it on a pole between two men, along with some pomegranates and figs. | 23And 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. |
| 24The entire place was called the Eshcol Valley on account of the cluster of grapes that the men of Israel had taken from there. | 24The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. |
| 25At the end of 40 days, they all returned from exploring the land, | 25And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. |
| 26came in to Moses and Aaron, and delivered their report to the entire congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back their report to the entire congregation and showed them the fruit of the land. | 26And 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"We arrived at the place where you've sent us," they reported, "and it certainly does flow with milk and honey. Furthermore, this is its fruit, | 27And 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. |
| 28except that the people who have settled in the land are strong, and their cities are greatly fortified. We also saw the descendants of Anak. | 28Nevertheless 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. |
| 29Amalek lives throughout the Negev, while the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country. The Canaanites live by the sea and on the bank of the Jordan." | 29The 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. |
| 30Caleb silenced the people on Moses' behalf and responded, "Let's go up and take control, because we can definitely conquer it." | 30And 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"We can't attack those people," the men who were with him said, "because they're too strong compared to us." | 31But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. |
| 32So they put out this false report to the Israelis about the land that they had explored: "The land that we've explored is one that devours its inhabitants. All the people whom we observed were giants. | 32And 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. |
| 33We also saw the Nephilim, the descendants of Anak. Compared to the Nephilim, as we see things, we're like grasshoppers, and that's their opinion of us!" | 33And 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. |
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