Numbers 13:4-24

⁴Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending from the desert of Pharan, principal men, whose names are these:

⁵Of the tribe of Ruben, Sammua the son of Zechur.

⁶Of the tribe of Simeon, Saphat the son of Hurl.

⁷Of the tribe of Juda, Caleb the son of Jephone.

⁸Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.

⁹Of the tribe of Ephraim, Osee the son of Nun.

¹⁰Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the son of Raphu.

¹¹Of the tribe of Zabulon, Geddiel the son of Sodi.

¹²Of the tribe of Joseph, of the sceptre of Manasses, Gaddi the son of Susi.

¹³Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.

¹⁴Of the tribe of Aser, Sthur the son of Michael.

¹⁵Of the tribe of Nephtali, Nahabi the son of Vapsi.

¹⁶Of the tribe of Gad, Guel the son of Machi.

¹⁷These are the names of the men, whom Moses sent to view the land: and he called Osee the son of Nun, Josue.

¹⁸And Moses sent them to view the land of Chanaan, and said to them: Go you up by the south side. And when you shall come to the mountains,

¹⁹View the land, of what sort it is: and the people that are the inhabitants thereof, whether they be strong or weak: few in number or many:

²⁰The land itself, whether it be good or bad: what manner of cities, walled or without walls:

²¹The ground, fat or barren, woody or without trees. Be of good courage, and bring us of the fruits of the land. Now it was the time when the first ripe grapes are fit to be eaten.

²²And when they were gone up, they viewed the land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into Emath.

²³And they went up at the south side, and came to Hebron, where were Achiman and Sisai and Tholmai the sons of Enac. For Hebron was built seven years before Tanis the city of Egypt.

²⁴And going forward as far as the torrent of the cluster of grapes, they cut off a branch with its cluster of grapes, which two men carried upon a lever. They took also of the pomegranates and of the figs of that place: