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Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran at the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s command. All the men were leaders in Israel.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>These were their names:</p><ol class="csb"><li>Shammua son of Zaccur from the tribe of Reuben;</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Shaphat son of Hori from the tribe of Simeon;</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Caleb<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Igal son of Joseph from the tribe of Issachar;</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Hoshea son of Nun<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> from the tribe of Ephraim;</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Palti son of Raphu from the tribe of Benjamin;</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Gaddiel son of Sodi from the tribe of Zebulun;</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Gaddi son of Susi from the tribe of Manasseh (from the tribe of Joseph);</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Ammiel son of Gemalli from the tribe of Dan;</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Sethur son of Michael from the tribe of Asher;</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Nahbi son of Vophsi from the tribe of Naphtali;</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Geuel son of Machi from the tribe of Gad.</li></ol><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>These were the names of the men Moses sent to scout out the land, and Moses renamed Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When Moses sent them to scout out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up this way to the Negev, then go up into the hill country. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.18" /> <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 the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Is the land they live in good<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> or bad? Are the cities they live in encampments or fortifications?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.19.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Is the land fertile or unproductive?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous. Bring back some fruit from the land.” It was the season for the first ripe grapes.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.20.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So they went up and scouted out the land from the Wilderness of Zin<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Numbers.13.21.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> as far as Rehob near the entrance to Hamath.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Numbers.13.21.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.22" /> <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,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> were living. Hebron was built seven years before Zoan<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.22.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> in Egypt. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When they came to Eshcol<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Valley, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which was carried on a pole by two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.23.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>That place was called Eshcol<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Numbers.13.24.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> Valley because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>At the end of forty days<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> they returned from scouting out the land.</p><h3 class="head1">Report about Canaan</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The men went back to Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for them and the whole community, and they showed them the fruit of the land.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>They reported to Moses, “We went into the land where you sent us. Indeed it is flowing with milk and honey,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and here is some of its fruit. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>However, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.28.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> We also saw the descendants of Anak<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.28.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> there. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The Amalekites<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.29.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> are living in the land of the Negev; the Hethites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then Caleb<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.30.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> quieted the people in the presence of Moses and said, “Let’s go up now and take possession of the land because we can certainly conquer it! ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>But the men who had gone up with him responded, “We can’t attack the people because they are stronger than we are! ” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>So they gave a negative report to the Israelites about the land they had scouted: “The land we passed through to explore is one that devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw in it are men of great size. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Numbers.13.33" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/13-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>We even saw the Nephilim<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.33.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> there — the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Numbers.13.33.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> To ourselves we seemed like grasshoppers, and we must have seemed the same to them.”</p><br /><section id="footnotes-Numbers.13" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Numbers.13.21.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.21">13:21</a></span> Southern border of the promised land</aside><aside id="fn.Numbers.13.21.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.21">13:21</a></span> Or <span class="italic">near Lebo-hamath</span></aside><aside id="fn.Numbers.13.24.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.24">13:24</a></span> = Cluster</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Numbers.13" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.2">13:2</a></span> Dt 1:22–26</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.3">13:3</a></span> Ex 18:25–26; Dt 1:13–18</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.6">13:6</a></span> Nm 14:6,24,30,38; 26:65</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.8">13:8</a></span> Ex 33:11; Nm 14:30,38; 27:18–23</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.19">13:19</a></span> Nm 14:7; Dt 1:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.19.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.19">13:19</a></span> Dt 1:28; 3:5; 9:1; Jos 14:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.20">13:20</a></span> Neh 9:25,35; Is 30:23; Ezk 34:14,20</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.20.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.20">13:20</a></span> Nm 13:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.22">13:22</a></span> Nm 13:28,33; Dt 1:28; 2:10–11,21</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.22.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.22">13:22</a></span> Ps 78:12; Is 19:11; 30:4; Ezk 30:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.23">13:23</a></span> Nm 32:9; Dt 1:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.23.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.23">13:23</a></span> Nm 20:5; Dt 8:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.25.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.25">13:25</a></span> Nm 14:33–34; 32:13; Ps 95:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.26">13:26</a></span> Nm 32:9; Dt 1:24–25</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.27">13:27</a></span> Ex 3:8; Lv 20:24; Nm 14:8; 16:13–14</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.28.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.28">13:28</a></span> Dt 1:28; 3:5; 9:1; Jos 14:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.28.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.28">13:28</a></span> Nm 13:22,33; Dt 1:28; 2:10–11,21</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.29.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.29">13:29</a></span> Ex 17:8–16; Nm 14:25,43,45; Dt 25:17–19</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.30.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.30">13:30</a></span> Nm 14:6,24,30,38; 26:65</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.33.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.33">13:33</a></span> Gn 6:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Numbers.13.33.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Numbers.13.33">13:33</a></span> Dt 2:10–11,20–21</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Numbers.13" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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