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Numbers 13
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Numbers 13 — Scripture text (King James Version)
And the LORD spake unto , saying, Send thou men, that they may search the , which I give unto the children of : of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. And by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the : all those men were heads of the children of . And these were their names: of the tribe of , Shammua the son of . Of the tribe of , Shaphat the son of . Of the tribe of , the son of . Of the tribe of , Igal the son of . Of the tribe of , Oshea the son of . Of the tribe of , Palti the son of . Of the tribe of , Gaddiel the son of . Of the tribe of , namely, of the tribe of , Gaddi the son of . Of the tribe of , Ammiel the son of . Of the tribe of , Sethur the son of . Of the tribe of , Nahbi the son of . Of the tribe of , Geuel the son of . These are the names of the men which sent to spy out the land. And called the son of . And sent them to spy out the , and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain: And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; 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; 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. So they went up, and searched the land from the unto , as men come to . And they ascended by the south, and came unto ; where , Sheshai, and , the children of , were. (Now was built seven years before in .) And they came unto the brook of , and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a ; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. The place was called the brook , because of the cluster of grapes which the children of cut down from thence. And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. And they went and came to , and to , and to all the congregation of the children of , unto the , to ; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of there. The dwell in the land of the south: and the , and the , and the , dwell in the mountains: and the dwell by the sea, and by the coast of . And stilled the people before , and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are able to overcome it. But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of , saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. And there we saw the giants, the sons of , which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.