1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Compare verse
2 Send you men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a ruler among them. Compare verse
3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel. Compare verse
4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. Compare verse
5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. Compare verse
6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. Compare verse
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. Compare verse
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. Compare verse
9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. Compare verse
10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. Compare verse
11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. Compare verse
12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. Compare verse
13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. Compare verse
14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. Compare verse
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. Compare verse
16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. Compare verse1 commentary
17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain: Compare verse
18 And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwells therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; Compare verse
19 And 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; Compare verse
20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be you of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes. Compare verse
21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, as men come to Hamath. Compare verse
22 And they ascended by the south, and came to Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) Compare verse
23 And they came to the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it between two on a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. Compare verse
24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from there. Compare verse1 commentary
25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. Compare verse
26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. Compare verse
27 And they told him, and said, We came to the land where you sent us, and surely it flows with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. Compare verse
28 Nevertheless 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. Compare verse
29 The 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. Compare verse
30 And 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. Compare verse
31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. Compare verse
32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched to the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eats up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. Compare verse
33 And 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. Compare verse1 commentary