Numbers 13:1-21 ▼

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

2 “Send men for yourself, and they spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel; one man—you send one man for the tribe of his fathers, everyone a prince among them.”

3 And Moses sends them from the wilderness of Paran by the command of YHWH; all of them [are] men, [and] they are heads of the sons of Israel,

4 and these [are] their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;

5 for the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;

6 for the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

7 for the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;

8 for the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea son of Nun;

9 for the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;

10 for the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;

11 for the tribe of Joseph (for the tribe of Manasseh), Gaddi son of Susi;

12 for the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;

13 for the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;

14 for the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vopshi;

15 for the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.

16 These [are] the names of the men whom Moses has sent to spy out the land; and Moses calls Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua.

17 And Moses sends them to spy out the land of Canaan and says to them, “Go up this [way] into the south, and you have gone up the mountain,

18 and have seen the land, what it [is], and the people which is dwelling on it, whether it [is] strong or feeble, [and] whether it [is] few or many;

19 and what the land [is] in which it is dwelling, whether it [is] good or bad; and what [are] the cities in which it is dwelling, whether in camps or in fortresses.

20 And what the land [is], whether it [is] fat or lean; whether there is wood in it or not; and you have strengthened yourselves, and have taken of the fruit of the land”; now the days [are] days of the first-fruits of grapes.

21 And they go up and spy out the land, from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob at the going in to Hamath;