Numbers 13 :: King James Version (KJV)

Spies View the Land

(Deu 1:19–33 )

Num 13:1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 13:2Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

Num 13:3

Num 13:3And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.

Num 13:4

Num 13:4And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

Num 13:5

Num 13:5Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.

Num 13:6

Num 13:6Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Num 13:7

Num 13:7Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.

Num 13:8

Num 13:8Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.

Num 13:9

Num 13:9Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.

Num 13:10

Num 13:10Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.

Num 13:11

Num 13:11Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.

Num 13:12

Num 13:12Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.

Num 13:13

Num 13:13Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.

Num 13:14

Num 13:14Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.

Num 13:15

Num 13:15Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.

Num 13:16

Num 13:16These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

Num 13:17

Num 13:17And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:

Num 13:18

Num 13:18And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

Num 13:19

Num 13:19And 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;

Num 13:20

Num 13:20And 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.

Num 13:21

Num 13:21So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

Num 13:22

Num 13:22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Num 13:23

Num 13:23And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.

Num 13:24

Num 13:24The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

The Spies' Reports

Num 13:25

Num 13:25And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

Num 13:26

Num 13:26And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

Num 13:27

Num 13:27And 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.

Num 13:28

Num 13:28Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

Num 13:29

Num 13:29The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

Num 13:30

Num 13:30And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

Num 13:31

Num 13:31But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

Num 13:32

Num 13:32And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, 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.

Num 13:33

Num 13:33And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

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Spies View the Land

The Spies' Reports

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