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1 (13-2) And there the Lord spoke to Moses, saying.
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The Lord said to Moses,
2 (13-3) Send men to view the land of Chanaan, which I will give to the children of Israel, one of every tribe, of the rulers.
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"Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites; from each of their ancestral tribes you shall send a man, every one a leader among them."
3 (13-4) Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending from the desert of Pharan, principal men, whose names are these:
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So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them leading men among the Israelites.
4 (13-5) Of the tribe of Ruben, Sammua the son of Zechur.
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These were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
5 (13-6) Of the tribe of Simeon, Saphat the son of Huri.
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from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
6 (13-7) Of the tribe of Juda, Caleb the son of Jephone.
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from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
7 (13-8) Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
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from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
8 (13-9) Of the tribe of Ephraim, Osee the son of Nun.
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from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
9 (13-10) Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the son of Raphu.
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from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
10 (13-11) Of the tribe of Zabulon, Geddiel the son of Sodi.
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from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
11 (13-12) Of the tribe of Joseph, of the sceptre of Manasses, Gaddi the son of Susi.
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from the tribe of Joseph (that is, from the tribe of Manasseh), Gaddi son of Susi;
12 (13-13) Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
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from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
13 (13-14) Of the tribe of Aser, Sthur the son of Michael.
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from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
14 (13-15) Of the tribe of Nephtali, Nahabi the son of Vapsi.
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from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;
15 (13-16) Of the tribe of Gad, Guel the son of Machi.
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from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.
16 (13-17) These are the names of the men, whom Moses sent to view the land: and he called Osee the son of Nun, Josue.
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These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses changed the name of Hoshea son of Nun to Joshua.
17 (13-18) And Moses sent them to view the land of Chanaan, and said to them: Go you up by the south side. And when you shall come to the mountains,
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Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up there into the Negeb, and go up into the hill country,
18 (13-19) View the land, of what sort it is, and the people that are the inhabitants thereof, whether they be strong or weak: few in number or many:
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and see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many,
19 (13-20) The land itself, whether it be good or bad: what manner of cities, walled or without walls:
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and whether the land they live in is good or bad, and whether the towns that they live in are unwalled or fortified,
20 (13-21) The ground, fat or barren, woody or without trees. Be of good courage, and bring us of the fruits of the land. Now it was the time when the firstripe grapes are fit to be eaten.
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and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there are trees in it or not. Be bold, and bring some of the fruit of the land." Now it was the season of the first ripe grapes.
21 (13-22) And when they were gone up, they viewed the land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into Emath.
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So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo-hamath.
22 (13-23) And they went up at the south side, and came to Hebron, where were Achiman and Sisai and Tholmai the sons of Enac. For Hebron was built seven years before Tanis the city of Egypt.
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They went up into the Negeb, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the Anakites, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
23 (13-24) And forward as far as the torrent of the cluster of grapes, they cut off a branch with its cluster of grapes, which two men carried upon a lever. They took also of the pomegranates and of the figs of that place:
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And they came to the Wadi Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them. They also brought some pomegranates and figs.
24 (13-25) Which was called Nehelescol, that is to say, the torrent of the cluster of grapes, because from thence the children of Israel had carried a cluster of grapes.
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That place was called the Wadi Eshcol, because of the cluster that the Israelites cut down from there.
25 (13-26) And they that went to spy out the land returned after forty days, having gone round all the country,
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At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land.
26 (13-27) And came to Moses and Aaron and to all the assembly of the children of Israel to the desert of Pharan, which is in Cades. And speaking to them and to all the multitude, they shewed them the fruits of the land:
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And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the Israelites 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 (13-28) And they related and said: We came into the land to which thou sentest us, which in very deed floweth with milk and honey as may be known by these fruits:
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And they told him, "We came to the land to which you sent us; it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
28 (13-29) But it hath very strong inhabitants, and the cities are great and walled. We saw there the race of Enac.
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Yet the people who live in the land are strong, and the towns are fortified and very large; and besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.
29 (13-30) Amalec dwelleth in the south, the Hethite and the Jebusite and the Amorrhite in the mountains: but the Chanaanite abideth by the sea and near the streams of the Jordan.
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The Amalekites live in the land of the Negeb; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea, and along the Jordan."
30 (13-31) In the mean time Caleb, to still the murmuring of the people that rose against Moses, said: Let us go up and possess the land, for we shall be able to conquer it.
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But Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, "Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it."
31 (13-32) But the others, that had been with him, said: No, we are not able to go up to this people, because they are stronger than we.
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Then the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against this people, for they are stronger than we."
32 (13-33) And they spoke ill of the land, which they had viewed, before the children of Israel, saying: The land which we have viewed, devoureth its inhabitants: the people, that we beheld are of a tall stature.
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So they brought to the Israelites an unfavorable report of the land that they had spied out, saying, "The land that we have gone through as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it are of great size.
33 (13-34) There we saw certain monsters of the sons of Enac, of the giant kind: in comparison of whom, we seemed like locusts.
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There we saw the Nephilim (the Anakites come from the Nephilim); and to ourselves we seemed like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them."
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