Numbers 13:17-29

17When Moses sent them to scout out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up this way to the Negev, then go up into the hill country.

18See what the land is like, and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.

19Is the land they live in good or bad? Are the cities they live in encampments or fortifications?

20Is the land fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous. Bring back some fruit from the land.” It was the season for the first ripe grapes.

21So they went up and scouted out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob near the entrance to Hamath.

22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were living. Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

23When they came to Eshcol Valley, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which was carried on a pole by two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.

24That place was called Eshcol Valley because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there.

25At the end of forty days they returned from scouting out the land.

26The men went back to Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for them and the whole community, and they showed them the fruit of the land.

27They reported to Moses, “We went into the land where you sent us. Indeed it is flowing with milk and honey, and here is some of its fruit.

28However, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We also saw the descendants of Anak there.

29The Amalekites are living in the land of the Negev; the Hethites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”