Numbers 13

1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Send men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. Of every tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a prince among them.”Cross-references: Ex 18:25 · Num 1:4 · Num 11:16 · Num 32:8 · Num 34:18 · Deut 1:15 · +2 more

3Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Yahweh. All of them were men who were heads of the children of Israel.Cross-references: Num 12:16 · Num 32:8 · Deut 1:19 · Deut 1:23 · Deut 9:23

4These were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

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

6Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.Cross-references: Num 13:30 · Num 14:6 · Num 14:24 · Num 14:30 · Num 14:38 · Num 26:65 · +8 more

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

8Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.Cross-references: Ex 17:9 · Ex 24:13 · Ex 32:17 · Num 11:28 · Num 13:16 · Num 27:18 · +8 more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.Cross-references: Ex 17:9 · Num 13:8 · Num 14:6 · Num 14:30 · Deut 32:44 · Hos 1:1 · +4 more

17Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill country.Cross-references: Gen 12:9 · Gen 13:1 · Gen 14:10 · Num 13:21 · Num 13:29 · Num 14:40 · +5 more

18See the land, what it is; and the people who dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;Cross-references: Ex 3:8 · Ezek 34:14

19and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;

20and what the land is, whether it is fertile or poor, whether there is wood therein, or not. Be courageous, and bring some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes.Cross-references: Num 13:23 · Num 13:30 · Deut 1:25 · Deut 31:6 · Deut 31:23 · Josh 1:6 · +9 more

21So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.Cross-references: Num 20:1 · Num 27:14 · Num 33:36 · Num 34:3 · Deut 32:51 · Josh 13:5 · +3 more

22They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)Cross-references: Gen 13:18 · Gen 23:2 · Num 13:17 · Num 13:33 · Josh 11:21 · Josh 14:13 · +10 more

23They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.Cross-references: Num 13:24 · Num 32:9 · Deut 1:24 · Judg 16:4

24That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there.

25They returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.Cross-references: Ex 24:18 · Ex 34:28 · Num 14:33

26They went and came to Moses, 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. They showed them the fruit of the land.Cross-references: Num 20:1 · Num 20:16 · Num 32:8 · Num 33:36 · Deut 1:19 · Josh 14:6

27They told him, and said, “We came to the land where you sent us. Surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.Cross-references: Ex 3:8 · Ex 3:17 · Ex 13:5 · Ex 33:3 · Lev 20:24 · Num 14:8 · +12 more

28However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the children of Anak there.Cross-references: Num 13:22 · Num 13:33 · Deut 1:28 · Deut 2:10 · Deut 2:21 · Deut 3:5 · +4 more

29Amalek dwells in the land of the South. The Hittite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwell in the hill country. The Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along the side of the Jordan.”Cross-references: Gen 14:7 · Gen 15:19 · Ex 3:8 · Ex 3:17 · Ex 17:8 · Num 14:25 · +8 more

30Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, “Let’s go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it!”Cross-references: Num 14:6 · Num 14:24 · Josh 14:6 · Ps 27:1 · Ps 60:12 · Ps 118:10 · +5 more

31But the men who went up with him said, “We aren’t able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”Cross-references: Num 32:9 · Deut 1:28 · Deut 9:1 · Josh 14:8 · Heb 3:19

32They brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out to the children of Israel, saying, “The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people who we saw in it are men of great stature.Cross-references: Num 13:28 · Num 14:36 · Deut 1:28 · 2Sam 21:20 · 1Chr 20:6 · Ezek 36:13 · +2 more

33There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim. We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”Cross-references: Gen 6:4 · Num 13:22 · Deut 1:28 · Deut 2:10 · Deut 3:11 · Deut 9:2 · +5 more