| New International Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1The LORD said to Moses, | 1Then the LORD spoke to Moses saying, |
| 2"Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders." | 2"Send out for yourself men so that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give to the sons of Israel; you shall send a man from each of their fathers' tribes, every one a leader among them." |
| 3So at the LORD's command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites. | 3So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command of the LORD, all of them men who were heads of the sons of Israel. |
| 4These are their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur; | 4These then were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur; |
| 5from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori; | 5from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori; |
| 6from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; | 6from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; |
| 7from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph; | 7from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph; |
| 8from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun; | 8from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun; |
| 9from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu; | 9from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu; |
| 10from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi; | 10from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi; |
| 11from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi; | 11from the tribe of Joseph, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi; |
| 12from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli; | 12from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli; |
| 13from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael; | 13from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael; |
| 14from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi; | 14from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi; |
| 15from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki. | 15from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. |
| 16These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.) | 16These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; but Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua. |
| 17When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, "Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country. | 17When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he said to them, "Go up there into the Negev; then go up into the hill country. |
| 18See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. | 18"See what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many. |
| 19What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified? | 19"How is the land in which they live, is it good or bad? And how are the cities in which they live, are they like open camps or with fortifications? |
| 20How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land." (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.) | 20"How is the land, is it fat or lean? Are there trees in it or not? Make an effort then to get some of the fruit of the land." Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes. |
| 21So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo Hamath. | 21So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, at Lebo-hamath. |
| 22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) | 22When they had gone up into the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) |
| 23When they reached the Valley of Eshkol, they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates and figs. | 23Then they came to the valley of Eshcol and from there cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they carried it on a pole between two men, with some of the pomegranates and the figs. |
| 24That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there. | 24That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut down from there. |
| 25At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land. | 25When they returned from spying out the land, at the end of forty days, |
| 26They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land. | 26they proceeded to come to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; and they brought back word to them and to all the congregation and showed them the fruit of the land. |
| 27They gave Moses this account: "We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. | 27Thus they told him, and said, "We went in to the land where you sent us; and it certainly does flow with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. |
| 28But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there. | 28"Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there. |
| 29The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan." | 29"Amalek is living in the land of the Negev and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites are living in the hill country, and the Canaanites are living by the sea and by the side of the Jordan." |
| 30Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, "We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it." | 30Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, "We should by all means go up and take possession of it, for we will surely overcome it." |
| 31But the men who had gone up with him said, "We can't attack those people; they are stronger than we are." | 31But the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against the people, for they are too strong for us." |
| 32And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, "The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. | 32So they gave out to the sons of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, "The land through which we have gone, in spying it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great size. |
| 33We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them." | 33"There also we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight." |
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