Numbers 13:4-27

4These then were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur; 5from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori; 6from the tribe of Judah, 1Caleb the son of Jephunneh; 7from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph; 8from the tribe of Ephraim, 2Hoshea the son of Nun; 9from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu; 10from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi; 11from the tribe of Joseph, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi; 12from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli; 13from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael; 14from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi; 15and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 16These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; but Moses called 3Hoshea the son of Nun, 4Joshua.

17When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he said to them, “Go up there into 5the 6Negev; then go up into the hill country. 18See what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many. 19And how is the land in which they live, is it good or bad? And how are the cities in which they live, are the people in open camps or in fortifications? 20And 7how is the land, is it 8productive or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? And 9show yourselves courageous and get some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.

21So they went up and spied out the land from 10the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, 1112at Lebo-hamath. 22When they had gone up into 13the Negev, 14they came to Hebron where 15Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the 16descendants of 17Anak were. (Hebron was built seven years before 18Zoan in Egypt.)

23Then they came to the 19Valley of 2021Eshcol, and from there they cut off a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they carried it on a pole between two men, with some of the pomegranates and the figs. 24That place was called the Valley of 22Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut off from there.

25When they returned from spying out the land, at the end of forty days, 26they went on and came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, 23in the wilderness of Paran at 24Kadesh; and they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. 27So they reported to him and said, “We came into the land where you sent us, and 25it certainly does flow with milk and honey, and 26this is its fruit.