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And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.</p> <p class="hdg">Instructions to the Spies</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this <i>way</i> southward, and go up into the mountain: <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And see the land, what it <i>is</i>; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they <i>be</i> strong or weak, few or many; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And what the land <i>is</i> that they dwell in, whether it <i>be</i> good or bad; and what cities <i>they be</i> that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And what the land <i>is</i>, whether it <i>be</i> 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 <i>was</i> the time of the firstripe grapes.</p> <p class="hdg">The Spies Explore Canaan</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, <i>were</i>. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And 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 <i>they brought</i> of the pomegranates, and of the figs. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.</p> <p class="hdg">The Reports of the Spies</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this <i>is</i> the fruit of it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Nevertheless the people <i>be</i> strong that dwell in the land, and the cities <i>are</i> walled, <i>and</i> very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they <i>are</i> stronger than we. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And 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, <i>is</i> a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it <i>are</i> men of a great stature. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, <i>which come</i> of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="http://www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="http://intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../numbers/12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../numbers/14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/numbers/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div align="center"><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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