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<span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>from the tribe of Joseph, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; but Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he said to them, Go up there into the Negev; then go up into the hill country. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>See what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong <i>or</i> weak, whether they are few or many. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>How is the land in which they live, is it good or bad? And how are the cities in which they live, are <i>they</i> like <i>open</i> camps or with fortifications? <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>How is the land, is it fat or lean? Are there trees in it or not? Make an effort then to get some of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, at Lebo-hamath. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>When they had gone up into the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>Then they came to the valley of Eshcol and from there cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they carried it on a pole between two <i>men,</i> with some of the pomegranates and the figs. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut down from there. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Spies Reports</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>When they returned from spying out the land, at the end of forty days, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>they proceeded to come to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; and they brought back word to them and to all the congregation and showed them the fruit of the land. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>Thus they told him, and said, We went in to the land where you sent us; and it certainly does flow with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified <i>and</i> very large; and moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>Amalek is living in the land of the Negev and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites are living in the hill country, and the Canaanites are living by the sea and by the side of the Jordan. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, We should by all means go up and take possession of it, for we will surely overcome it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>But the men who had gone up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are too strong for us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>So they gave out to the sons of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, The land through which we have gone, in spying it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of <i>great</i> size. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>There also we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Of the tribe of Zabulon, Geddiel the son of Sodi. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/numbers/13.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />for the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/afraid_of_giants.htm">Afraid of Giants</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain; 18. And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; 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; 20. And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/afraid_of_giants.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_4_1858/the_spies.htm">The Spies</a><br></span><span class="snippet">THE UNBELIEF OF THE CHILDREN of Israel, prompted them to send spies into Canaan. God had told them that it was a good land, and he had promised to drive out their enemies, they ought therefore to have marched forward with all confidence to possess the promised heritage. Instead of this, they send twelve princes to spy out the land, and "alas, for human nature," ten of these were faithless, and only two true to the Lord. Read over the narrative, and mark the ill effect of the lying message, and the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_4_1858/the_spies.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 4: 1858</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/berry/adventures_in_the_land_of_canaan/chapter_five_exploring_canaan_by.htm">Exploring Canaan by Faith</a><br></span><span class="snippet">EXPLORING CANAAN BY FAITH I can not understand faith. What is faith, anyway? I try to believe; sometimes I feel that my faith is strong, but at other times I feel that my faith is giving way. Can you help me in this matter? Faith seems such a hazy, intangible, elusive thing; now I think I have it, now it seems certain I have it not. I feel at times that my faith is so strong I could believe anything, then again I feel that every bit of faith I had is gone. Can you give me any instructions that will <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/berry/adventures_in_the_land_of_canaan/chapter_five_exploring_canaan_by.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Robert Lee Berry—</span><span class="citation2">Adventures in the Land of Canaan</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/sayce/early_israel_and_the_surrounding_nations/chapter_ii_canaan.htm">Canaan</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Canaan was the inheritance which the Israelites won for themselves by the sword. Their ancestors had already settled in it in patriarchal days. Abraham "the Hebrew" from Babylonia had bought in it a burying-place near Hebron; Jacob had purchased a field near Shechem, where he could water his flocks from his own spring. It was the "Promised Land" to which the serfs of the Pharaoh in Goshen looked forward when they should again become free men and find a new home for themselves. Canaan had ever been <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/sayce/early_israel_and_the_surrounding_nations/chapter_ii_canaan.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Archibald Sayce—</span><span class="citation2">Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_49_hebron.htm">Hebron</a><br></span><span class="snippet">From Jericho we proceed to Hebron, far off in situation, but next to it in dignity: yea, there was a time, when it went before Jerusalem itself in name and honour;--namely, while the first foundations of the kingdom of David were laid; and, at that time, Jericho was buried in rubbish, and Jerusalem was trampled upon by the profane feet of the Jebusites. Hebron was placed, as in the mountainous country of Judea, so in a place very rocky, but yet in a very fruitful coast. "There is no place, in all <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_49_hebron.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Lightfoot—</span><span class="citation2">From the Talmud and Hebraica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/an_unfulfilled_desire.htm">An Unfulfilled Desire</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'... Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!'--NUM. xxiii. 10. '... Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.'--NUM. xiii. 8. Ponder these two pictures. Take the first scene. A prophet, who knows God and His will, is standing on the mountain top, and as he looks down over the valley beneath him, with its acacia-trees and swift river, there spread the tents of Israel. He sees them, and knows that they are 'a people whom the Lord hath blessed.' Brought there <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/an_unfulfilled_desire.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gregory/the_epistles_of_saint_gregory_the_great/epistle_xvii_to_felix_bishop.htm">Epistle xvii. To Felix, Bishop of Messana. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">To Felix, Bishop of Messana. To our most reverend brother, the Bishop Felix, Gregory, servant of the servants of God [246] . Our Head, which is Christ, to this end has willed us to be His members, that through His large charity and faithfulness He might make us one body in Himself, to whom it befits us so to cling that, since without Him we can do nothing, through Him we may be enabled to be what we are called. From the citadel of the Head let nothing divide us, lest, if we refuse to be His members, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gregory/the_epistles_of_saint_gregory_the_great/epistle_xvii_to_felix_bishop.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Gregory the Great—</span><span class="citation2">the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/vi_annunciation_of_the_birth.htm">Annunciation of the Birth of Jesus. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">(at Nazareth, b.c. 5.) ^C Luke I. 26-38. ^c 26 Now in the sixth month [this is the passage from which we learn that John was six months older than Jesus] the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth [Luke alone tells us where Mary lived before the birth of Jesus. That Nazareth was an unimportant town is shown by the fact that it is mentioned nowhere in the Old Testament, nor in the Talmud, nor in Josephus, who mentions two hundred four towns and cities of Galilee. The <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/vi_annunciation_of_the_birth.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">J. W. McGarvey—</span><span class="citation2">The Four-Fold Gospel</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_6/chapter_iiithe_hebrews_and_the.htm">The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus</a><br></span><span class="snippet">THE ISRAELITES IN THE LAND OF CANAAN: THE JUDGES--THE PHILISTINES AND THE HEBREW KINGDOM--SAUL, DAVID, SOLOMON, THE DEFECTION OF THE TEN TRIBES--THE XXIst EGYPTIAN DYNASTY--SHESHONQ OR SHISHAK DAMASCUS. The Hebrews in the desert: their families, clans, and tribes--The Amorites and the Hebrews on the left bank of the Jordan--The conquest of Canaan and the native reaction against the Hebrews--The judges, Ehud, Deborah, Jerubbaal or Gideon and the Manassite supremacy; Abimelech, Jephihdh. The Philistines, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_6/chapter_iiithe_hebrews_and_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">G. Maspero—</span><span class="citation2">History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 6</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/numbers.htm">Numbers</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Like the last part of Exodus, and the whole of Leviticus, the first part of Numbers, i.-x. 28--so called,[1] rather inappropriately, from the census in i., iii., (iv.), xxvi.--is unmistakably priestly in its interests and language. Beginning with a census of the men of war (i.) and the order of the camp (ii.), it devotes specific attention to the Levites, their numbers and duties (iii., iv.). Then follow laws for the exclusion of the unclean, v. 1-4, for determining the manner and amount of restitution <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/numbers.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/13-10.htm">Numbers 13:10 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/numbers/13-10.htm">Numbers 13:10 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/numbers/13-10.htm">Numbers 13:10 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/numbers/13-10.htm">Numbers 13:10 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/numbers/13-10.htm">Numbers 13:10 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/13-10.htm">Numbers 13:10 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/numbers/13-10.htm">Numbers 13:10 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../numbers/13-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 13:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 13:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../numbers/13-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 13:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 13:11" /></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/mp/numbers/13-10.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"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>