Dual Panel1The Lord <03068> spoke <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872>:
2“Send <07971> out men <0582> to investigate <08446> the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>, which <0834> I <0589> am giving <05414> to the Israelites <03478> <01121>. You are to send <07971> one <0259> man <0376> from each <0259> <0376> ancestral <01> tribe <04294>, each one <03605> a leader <05387> among them.”
3So Moses <04872> sent <07971> them from the wilderness <04057> of Paran <06290> at <05921> the command <06310> of the Lord <03068>. All <03605> of them were <01992> leaders <07218> of the Israelites <03478> <01121>.
4Now these <0428> were their names <08034>: from the tribe <04294> of Reuben <07205>, Shammua <08051> son <01121> of Zaccur <02139>;
5from the tribe <04294> of Simeon <08095>, Shaphat <08202> son <01121> of Hori <02753>;
6from the tribe <04294> of Judah <03063>, Caleb <03612> son <01121> of Jephunneh <03312>;
7from the tribe <04294> of Issachar <03485>, Igal <03008> son <01121> of Joseph <03130>;
8from the tribe <04294> of Ephraim <0669>, Hoshea <01954> son <01121> of Nun <05126>;
9from the tribe <04294> of Benjamin <01144>, Palti <06406> son <01121> of Raphu <07505>;
10from the tribe <04294> of Zebulun <02074>, Gaddiel <01427> son <01121> of Sodi <05476>;
11from the tribe <04294> of Joseph <03130>, namely, the tribe <04294> of Manasseh <04519>, Gaddi <01426> son <01121> of Susi <05485>;
12from the tribe <04294> of Dan <01835>, Ammiel <05988> son <01121> of Gemalli <01582>;
13from the tribe <04294> of Asher <0836>, Sethur <05639> son <01121> of Michael <04317>;
14from the tribe <04294> of Naphtali <05321>, Nahbi <05147> son <01121> of Vopshi <02058>;
15from the tribe <04294> of Gad <01410>, Geuel <01345> son <01121> of Maki <04352>.
16These <0428> are the names <08034> of the men <0376> whom <0834> Moses <04872> sent <07971> to investigate <08446> the land <0776>. And Moses <04872> gave <07121> Hoshea <01954> son <01121> of Nun <05126> the name <07121> Joshua <03091>.
17When Moses <04872> sent <07971> them to investigate <08446> the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>, he told <0559> them, “Go up <05927> through the Negev <05045>, and then go up <05927> into the hill country <02022>
18and see <07200> what <04100> the land <0776> is like, and whether the people <05971> who live <03427> in <05921> it are strong <02389> or weak <07504>, few <04592> or <0518> many <07227>,
19and whether <04100> the land <0776> they <01931> live <03427> in is good <02896> or <0518> bad <07451>, and whether <04100> the cities <05892> they <01931> inhabit <03427> are like camps <04264> or <0518> fortified <04013> cities,
20and whether <04100> the land <0776> is rich <08082> or <0518> poor <07330>, and whether <0518> or not <0369> there are <03426> forests <06086> in it. And be brave <02388>, and bring back <03947> some of the fruit <06529> of the land <0776>.” Now it was the time <03117> of year <03117> for the first ripe <01061> grapes <06025>.
21So they went up <05927> and investigated <08446> the land <0776> from the wilderness <04057> of Zin <06790> to <05704> Rehob <07340>, at the entrance <0935> of Hamath <02574>.
22When they went up <05927> through the Negev <05045>, they came <0935> to <05704> Hebron <02275> where <08033> Ahiman <0289>, Sheshai <08344>, and Talmai <08526>, descendants <03211> of Anak <06061>, were living. (Now Hebron <02275> had been built <01129> seven <07651> years <08141> before <06440> Zoan <06814> in Egypt <04714>.)
23When they came <0935> to <05704> the valley <05158> of Eshcol <0812>, they cut down <03772> from there <08033> a branch <02156> with one <0259> cluster <0811> of grapes <06025>, and they carried <05375> it on a staff <04132> between two <08147> men, as well as some of <04480> the pomegranates <07416> and the figs <08384>.
24That <01931> place <04725> was called <07121> the Eshcol <0812> Valley <05158>, because <0182> <05921> of the cluster of grapes <0811> that <0834> the Israelites <03478> <01121> cut <03772> from there <08033>.
25They returned <07725> from investigating <08446> the land <0776> after <07093> forty <0705> days <03117>.
26They came back <0935> <01980> to <0413> Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175> and to <0413> the whole <03605> community <05712> of the Israelites <03478> <01121> in the wilderness <04057> of Paran <06290> at Kadesh <06946>. They reported <01697> <07725> to the whole <03605> community <05712> and showed <07200> the fruit <06529> of the land <0776>.
27They told <05608> Moses, “We went <0935> to <0413> the land <0776> where <0834> you sent <07971> us. It is indeed <01571> flowing <02100> with milk <02461> and honey <01706>, and this <02088> is its <01931> fruit <06529>.
28But the inhabitants <0776> <03427> <05971> are strong <05794>, and the cities <05892> are fortified <01219> and very <03966> large <01419>. Moreover <01571> we saw <07200> the descendants <03211> of Anak <06061> there <08033>.
29The Amalekites <06002> live <03427> in the land <0776> of the Negev <05045>; the Hittites <02850>, Jebusites <02983>, and Amorites <0567> live <03427> in the hill country <02022>; and the Canaanites <03669> live <03427> by <05921> the sea <03220> and along <05921> the banks <03027> of the Jordan <03383>.”
30Then Caleb <03612> silenced <02013> the people <05971> before <0413> Moses <04872>, saying <0559>, “Let us go <05927> up <05927> and occupy <03423> it, for <03588> we are well able to conquer <03201> <03201> it.”
31But the men <0376> who <0834> had gone up <05927> with <05973> him said <0559>, “We are not <03808> able <03201> to go up <05927> against <0413> these people <05971>, because <03588> they <01931> are stronger <02389> than <04480> we are!”
32Then they presented <03318> the Israelites <03478> <01121> with a discouraging report <01681> of the land <0776> they had <0834> investigated <08446>, saying <0559>, “The land <0776> that <0834> we passed through <05674> to investigate <08446> is a land <0776> that devours <0398> its inhabitants <03427>. All <03605> the people <05971> we saw <07200> there <08432> are of great stature <04060>.
33We even saw <07200> the Nephilim <05303> there <08033> (the descendants <01121> of Anak <06061> came <01961> from <04480> the Nephilim <05303>), and we seemed <05869> liked <03651> grasshoppers <02284> both to ourselves and to them.”