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1 ¶ And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying,
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Send 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.
3 And Moses by the commandment
of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were
heads of the children of Israel.
4 And these were their
names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
5 Of the tribe of Simeon,
Shaphat the son of Hori.
6 Of the tribe of Judah,
Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
7 Of the tribe of Issachar,
Igal the son of Joseph.
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Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
9 Of the tribe of Benjamin,
Palti the son of Raphu.
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Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
11 Of the tribe of Joseph,
namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
12 Of the tribe of Dan,
Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13 Of the tribe of Asher,
Sethur the son of Michael.
14 Of the tribe of Naphtali,
Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
15 Of the tribe of Gad,
Geuel the son of Machi.
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These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And
Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
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And 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:
18 And see the land,
what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong
or weak, few or many;
19 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;
20 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. |
17
- Moses sent them They were to learn about the strength of
the people, but Moees didn't ask them to decide whether or not they should
enter the land.
17
- Southward Literally "into the Negeb," from a root meaing
"arid." It was the border of the desert. Negeb is used to mean "south." |
21 ¶ So they went up,
and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come
to Hamath.
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And 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.)
23 And 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.
24 The place was called
the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of
Israel cut down from thence.
25 And they returned
from searching of the land after forty days. |
22
- Hebron built Interesting note for archaeologists.
23
- Cluster Not a small one.
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¶ And 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.
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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.
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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 Anak there.
29 The 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.
30 And 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.
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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.
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And 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.
33 And 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. |
28
- Nevertheless "However" Too difficult in human terms. Caleb
seemed alone.
32
- Evil report This was Moses' evaluation written by inspiration.
Sounds really tough. What would happen if you were a hopper and a giant
stepped on you? |
