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1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

1Later, the LORD told Moses,

2“Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.”

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."

3So Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran according to the command of the LORD, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.

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.

4Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;

4These were their names: From Reuben's tribe, Zaccur's son Shammua;

5from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;

5From Simeon's tribe, Hori's son Shaphat;

6from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;

6From Judah's tribe, Jephunneh's son Caleb;

7from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;

7from Issachar's tribe, Joseph's son Igal;

8from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;

8From Ephraim's tribe, Nun's son Hoshea;

9from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;

9From Benjamin's tribe, Raphu's son Palti;

10from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;

10from Zebulun's tribe, Sodi's son Gaddiel;

11from the tribe of Joseph, that is, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;

11from Joseph's tribe of Manasseh, Susi's son Gaddi;

12from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;

12From Dan's tribe, Gemalli's son Ammiel;

13from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;

13from Asher's tribe, Michael's son Sethur;

14from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;

14from Naphtali's tribe, Vophsi's son Nahbi;

15from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.

15and from Gad's tribe, Machi's son Geuel.

16These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.

16These are the names of the men sent by Moses to explore the land. Moses renamed Nun's son Hoshea to Joshua.

17Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains,

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.

18and see what the land is like: whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many;

18See what the land is like. Observe whether the people who live there are strong or weak, or whether they're few or numerous.

19whether the land they dwell in is good or bad; whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or strongholds;

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.

20whether the land is rich or poor; and whether there are forests there or not. Be of good courage. And bring some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.

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.

21So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath.

21So they went to explore the land from the Wilderness of Zin to Rehob, and as far as the outskirts of Hamath.

22And they went up through the South and came to Hebron; Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

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).

23Then they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and there cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they carried it between two of them on a pole. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.

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.

24The place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down there.

24The entire place was called the Eshcol Valley on account of the cluster of grapes that the men of Israel had taken from there.

25And they returned from spying out the land after forty days.

25At the end of 40 days, they all returned from exploring the land,

26Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.

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.

27Then they told him, and said: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

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,

28Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.

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.

29The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.”

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."

30Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”

30Caleb silenced the people on Moses' behalf and responded, "Let's go up and take control, because we can definitely conquer it."

31But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.”

31"We can't attack those people," the men who were with him said, "because they're too strong compared to us."

32And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature.

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.

33There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”

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!"

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