Numbers 13:1-33 CSB

[1] The LORD spoke to Moses: [2] "Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes." [3] Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran at the LORD's command. All the men were leaders in Israel. [4] These were their names: Shammua son of Zaccur from the tribe of Reuben; [5] Shaphat son of Hori from the tribe of Simeon; [6] Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah; [7] Igal son of Joseph from the tribe of Issachar; [8] Hoshea son of Nun from the tribe of Ephraim; [9] Palti son of Raphu from the tribe of Benjamin; [10] Gaddiel son of Sodi from the tribe of Zebulun; [11] Gaddi son of Susi from the tribe of Manasseh (from the tribe of Joseph); [12] Ammiel son of Gemalli from the tribe of Dan; [13] Sethur son of Michael from the tribe of Asher; [14] Nahbi son of Vophsi from the tribe of Naphtali; [15] Geuel son of Machi from the tribe of Gad. [16] These were the names of the men Moses sent to scout out the land, and Moses renamed Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua. [17] 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. [18] See what the land is like, and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. [19] Is the land they live in good or bad? Are the cities they live in encampments or fortifications? [20] Is the land fertile or unproductive? 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. [21] So they went up and scouted out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob near the entrance to Hamath. [22] They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were living. Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt. [23] When they came to Eshcol 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. [24] That place was called Eshcol Valley because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there. [25] At the end of forty days they returned from scouting out the land. [26] 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. [27] They reported to Moses, "We went into the land where you sent us. Indeed it is flowing with milk and honey, and here is some of its fruit. [28] However, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We also saw the descendants of Anak there. [29] The Amalekites 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." [30] Then Caleb 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!" [31] But the men who had gone up with him responded, "We can't attack the people because they are stronger than we are!" [32] 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. [33] We even saw the Nephilim there-the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim! To ourselves we seemed like grasshoppers, and we must have seemed the same to them."