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1The LORD now said to Moses,

1The LORD said to Moses,

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.”

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."

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.

3So at the LORD's command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.

4These were the tribes and the names of their leaders: Tribe Leader Reuben Shammua son of Zaccur

4These are their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur;

5Simeon Shaphat son of Hori

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

6Judah Caleb son of Jephunneh

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

7Issachar Igal son of Joseph

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

8Ephraim Hoshea son of Nun

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

9Benjamin Palti son of Raphu

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

10Zebulun Gaddiel son of Sodi

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

11Manasseh son of Joseph Gaddi son of Susi

11from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;

12Dan Ammiel son of Gemalli

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

13Asher Sethur son of Michael

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

14Naphtali Nahbi son of Vophsi

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

15Gad Geuel son of Maki

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

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 Moses sent to explore the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.)

17Moses gave the men these instructions as he sent them out to explore the land: “Go north through the Negev into the hill country.

17When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, "Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country.

18See what the land is like, and find out whether the people living there are strong or weak, few or many.

18See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are 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?

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?

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.)

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.)

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 explored the land from the Desert of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo 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.)

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.)

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.

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.

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

24That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there.

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

25At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

28But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants 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 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."

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!”

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."

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 who had gone up with him said, "We can't attack those people; they are stronger than we are."

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 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.

33We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak. Next to them we felt like grasshoppers, and that’s what they thought, too!”

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."

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