Numbers 13:1-24
The Spies Explore Canaan
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
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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.
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4 And these [were] their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
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5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
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6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
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7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
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8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
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9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
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10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
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11 Of the tribe of Joseph, [namely], of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
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12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
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13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
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14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
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15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
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16 These [are] the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
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17 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:
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18 And see the land, what it [is]; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they [be] strong or weak, few or many;
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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;
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20 And what the land [is], whether it [be] 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 [was] the time of the firstripe grapes.
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21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
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22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, [were]. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
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23 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 [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
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24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
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