New Living Translation

King James Bible

1The LORD now said to Moses,

1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2“Send out men to explore the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to the Israelites. Send one leader from each of the twelve ancestral tribes.”

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 Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He sent out twelve men, all tribal leaders of Israel, from their camp in the wilderness of Paran.

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 the tribes and the names of their leaders: Tribe Leader Reuben Shammua son of Zaccur

4And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

5Simeon Shaphat son of Hori

5Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.

6Judah Caleb son of Jephunneh

6Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

7Issachar Igal son of Joseph

7Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.

8Ephraim Hoshea son of Nun

8Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.

9Benjamin Palti son of Raphu

9Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.

10Zebulun Gaddiel son of Sodi

10Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.

11Manasseh son of Joseph Gaddi son of Susi

11Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.

12Dan Ammiel son of Gemalli

12Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.

13Asher Sethur son of Michael

13Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.

14Naphtali Nahbi son of Vophsi

14Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.

15Gad Geuel son of Maki

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

16These are the names of the men Moses sent out to explore the land. (Moses called Hoshea son of Nun by the name 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.

17Moses gave the men these instructions as he sent them out to explore the land: “Go north through the Negev into 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, and find out whether the people living there are strong or weak, few or many.

18And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

19See what kind of land they live in. Is it good or bad? Do their towns have walls, or are they unprotected like open camps?

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;

20Is the soil fertile or poor? Are there many trees? Do your best to bring back samples of the crops you see.” (It happened to be the season for harvesting the first ripe grapes.)

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 up and explored the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, near Lebo-hamath.

21So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

22Going north, they passed through the Negev and arrived at Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai—all descendants of Anak—lived. (The ancient town of Hebron was founded seven years before the Egyptian city of Zoan.)

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.)

23When they came to the valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes so large that it took two of them to carry it on a pole between them! They also brought back samples of the 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.

24That place was called the valley of Eshcol (which means “cluster”), because of the cluster of grapes the Israelite men cut there. The Scouting Report

24The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

25After exploring the land for forty days, the men returned

25And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

26to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported to the whole community what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had taken from 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.

27This was their report to Moses: “We entered the land you sent us to explore, and it is indeed a bountiful country—a land flowing with milk and honey. Here is the kind of fruit it produces.

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.

28But the people living there are powerful, and their towns are large and fortified. We even saw giants there, 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.

29The Amalekites live in the Negev, and the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country. The Canaanites live along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and along the Jordan Valley.”

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.

30But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses. “Let’s go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly 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.

31But the other men who had explored the land with him disagreed. “We can’t go up against them! They are stronger than we are!”

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 spread this bad report about the land among the Israelites: “The land we traveled through and explored will devour anyone who goes to live there. All the people we saw were huge.

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 even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak. Next to them we felt like grasshoppers, and that’s what they thought, too!”

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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