(KJV) Numbers 13¹

⥃The Spies Explore Canaan ^{[ Deuteronomy 1:19–25 ]}

[1] And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [2] Send thou² men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every³ tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler⁴ among them. [3] And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men [were] heads of the children of Israel.⁵⁶ [4] And these [were] their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. [5] Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. [6] Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb⁷ the son of Jephunneh. [7] Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. [8] Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea⁸ the son of Nun. [9] Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. [10] Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. [11] Of the tribe of Joseph, [namely], of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. [12] Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. [13] Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. [14] Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. [15] Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. [16] These [are] the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea⁹ the son of Nun Jehoshua¹⁰.

[17] [¶]And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this [way] southward¹¹, and go up into the mountain¹²: [18] And see the land, what it [is]; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they [be] strong or weak, few or many;¹³ [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 [be¹⁴] fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage¹⁵, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time [was] the time of the firstripe¹⁶ grapes.

[21] So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin¹⁷ unto Rehob¹⁸, as men come to Hamath¹⁹. [22] And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman²⁰, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children²¹ of Anak, [were]. (Now Hebron²² was built seven years before Zoan²³ in Egypt.) [23] And they came unto the brook²⁴ of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs. [24] The place was called the brook²⁵ Eshcol²⁶, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

⥃The Reports of the Spies

[25] And they returned from searching of the land after forty days²⁷.

[26] And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness²⁸ of Paran, to Kadesh²⁹; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. [27] 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 [is] the fruit of it.³⁰ [28] Nevertheless the people [be] strong³¹ that dwell in the land, and the cities [are] walled, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the³² children of Anak there. [29] The Amalekites³³ dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites³⁴, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. [30] 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.³⁵ [31] But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they [are] stronger than we.³⁶ [32] And they brought³⁷ 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, [is] a land³⁸ that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it [are] men of a great stature³⁹. [33] And there we saw the giants⁴⁰, the sons of Anak, [which come] of the giants: and we were⁴¹ in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.