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1 The LORD spoke to Moses. He said,
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 "Send some men to check out the land of Canaan. I am giving it to the people of Israel. Send one leader from each of Israel's tribes."
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"Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them."
3 So Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. He sent them as the LORD had commanded. All of them were leaders of the people of Israel.
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So Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
4 Here are their names. There was Shammua from the tribe of Reuben. Shammua was the son of Zaccur.
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Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
5 There was Shaphat from the tribe of Simeon. Shaphat was the son of Hori.
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from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
6 There was Caleb from the tribe of Judah. Caleb was the son of Jephunneh.
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from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
7 There was Igal from the tribe of Issachar. Igal was the son of Joseph.
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from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
8 There was Hoshea from the tribe of Ephraim. Hoshea was the son of Nun.
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from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
9 There was Palti from the tribe of Benjamin. Palti was the son of Raphu.
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from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
10 There was Gaddiel from the tribe of Zebulun. Gaddiel was the son of Sodi.
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from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
11 There was Gaddi from the tribe of Manasseh. Gaddi was the son of Susi. Manasseh was a tribe of Joseph.
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from the tribe of Joseph, that is, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
12 There was Ammiel from the tribe of Dan. Ammiel was the son of Gemalli.
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from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
13 There was Sethur from the tribe of Asher. Sethur was the son of Michael.
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from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
14 There was Nahbi from the tribe of Naphtali. Nahbi was the son of Vophsi.
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from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
15 There was Geuel from the tribe of Gad. Geuel was the son of Maki.
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from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
16 Those are the men Moses sent to check out the land. He gave the name Joshua to Hoshea, the son of Nun.
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These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.
17 Moses sent them to check out Canaan. He said, "Go up through the Negev Desert. Go on into the central hill country.
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Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains,
18 See what the land is like. See whether the people who live there are strong or weak. See whether they are few or many.
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and see what the land is like: whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many;
19 "What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Do the towns have high walls around them or not?
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whether the land they dwell in is good or bad; whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or strongholds;
20 How is the soil? Is it rich land or poor land? Are there trees on it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land." It was the season for the first ripe grapes.
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whether the land is rich or poor; and whether there are forests there or not. Be of good courage. And bring some of the fruit of the land." Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.
21 So the men went up and checked out the land. They went from the Desert of Zin as far as Rehob. It was in the direction of Lebo Hamath.
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So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath.
22 They went up through the Negev Desert and came to Hebron. That's where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai lived. They belonged to the family line of Anak. Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan. Zoan was a city in Egypt.
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And they went up through the South and came to Hebron; Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
23 The men came to the Valley of Eshcol. There they cut off a branch that had a single bunch of grapes on it. Two of them carried it on a pole between them. They carried some pomegranates and figs along with it.
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Then they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and there cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they carried it between two of them on a pole. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.
24 That place was called the Valley of Eshcol. That's because the men of Israel cut off a bunch of grapes there.
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The place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down there.
25 At the end of 40 days, the men returned from checking out the land.
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And they returned from spying out the land after forty days.
26 The men came back to Moses, Aaron and the whole community of Israel. The people were at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There the men reported to Moses and Aaron and all of the people. They showed them the fruit of the land.
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Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
27 They gave Moses their report. They said, "We went into the land you sent us to. It really does have plenty of milk and honey! Here's some fruit from the land.
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Then they told him, and said: "We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
28 "But the people who live there are powerful. Their cities have high walls around them and are very large. We even saw members of the family line of Anak there.
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Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.
29 The Amalekites live in the Negev Desert. The Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the central hill country. The Canaanites live near the Mediterranean Sea. They also live along the Jordan River."
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The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan."
30 Then Caleb interrupted the men who were speaking to Moses. He said, "We should go up and take the land. We can certainly do it."
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Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, "Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it."
31 But the men who had gone up with him spoke. They said, "We can't attack those people. They are stronger than we are."
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But the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we."
32 The men spread a bad report about the land among the people of Israel. They said, "The land we checked out destroys those who live in it. All of the people we saw there are very big and tall.
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And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, "The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature.
33 We saw the Nephilim there. We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes. And that's also how we seemed to them." The children of Anak came from the Nephilim.
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There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight."
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