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From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man who is a leader among them.” <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So at the consent<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and these were their names: <p class="list1stline"> From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur; <A name="6"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori; <A name="7"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; <A name="8"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph; <A name="9"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun; <A name="10"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu; <A name="11"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi; <A name="12"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi; <A name="13"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli; <A name="14"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael; <A name="15"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi; <A name="16"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi. <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua. <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications? <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Is the soil fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous, and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.) <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt. <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When they came to the Valley of Eshcol,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol. <A name="26"></a><p class="hdg">The Reports of the Spies<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>After forty days the men returned from spying out the land, <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land. <A name="28"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit! <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.” <A name="31"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!” <A name="32"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!” <A name="33"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Literally <i>according to the mouth</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <i>Eshcol</i><span class="thin"> </span> means <i>cluster</i><span class="thin"> </span>; also in verse 24.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Free <a href=http://berean.bible/downloads.htm>downloads</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible/licensing.htm>licensing</a> available. 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