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Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses descendants of Anak came from the giants);
called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua. and we were like grasshoppers in our own
17 Then Moses sent them to spy out the land sight, and so we were in their sight.”
of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way So all the congregation lifted up their
into the South, and go up to the mountains, 14 voices and cried, and the people wept
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18 and see what the land is like: whether the that night. And all the children of Israel com-
people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few plained against Moses and Aaron, and the
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or many; whether the land they dwell in is whole congregation said to them, “If only we
good or bad; whether the cities they inhabit had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we
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are like camps or strongholds; whether the had died in this wilderness! Why has the
land is rich or poor; and whether there are LORD brought us to this land to fall by the
forests there or not. Be of good courage. And sword, that our wives and children should
bring some of the fruit of the land.” Now the become victims? Would it not be better for us to
time was the season of the first ripe grapes. return to Egypt?” So they said to one another,
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21 So they went up and spied out the land “Let us select a leader and return to Egypt.”
from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces
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near the entrance of Hamath. And they went before all the assembly of the congregation of
up through the South and came to Hebron; the children of Israel.
Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants 6 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the
of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built son of Jephunneh, who were among those who
seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) Then had spied out the land, tore their clothes; and
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they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and there they spoke to all the congregation of the chil-
cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; dren of Israel, saying: “The land we passed
they carried it between two of them on a pole. through to spy out is an exceedingly good
They also brought some of the pomegranates land. If the LORD delights in us, then He will
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and figs. The place was called the Valley of bring us into this land and give it to us, ‘a land
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Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men which flows with milk and honey.’ Only do not
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of Israel cut down there. And they returned rebel against the LORD, nor fear the people of
from spying out the land after forty days. the land, for they are our bread; their protec-
26 Now they departed and came back to tion has departed from them, and the LORD is
Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of with us. Do not fear them.”
the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran, 10 And all the congregation said to stone
at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and them with stones. Now the glory of the LORD
to all the congregation, and showed them the appeared in the tabernacle of meeting before
fruit of the land. Then they told him, and said: all the children of Israel.
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“We went to the land where you sent us. It truly 11 Then the LORD said to Moses: “How long
flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. will these people reject Me? And how long will
28 Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land they not believe Me, with all the signs which I
are strong; the cities are fortified and very have performed among them? I will strike
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large; moreover we saw the descendants of them with the pestilence and disinherit them,
Anak there. The Amalekites dwell in the land and I will make of you a nation greater and
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of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the mightier than they.”
Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Ca- 13 And Moses said to the LORD: “Then the
naanites dwell by the sea and along the banks Egyptians will hear it, for by Your might You
of the Jordan.” brought these people up from among them,
30 Then Caleb quieted the people before 14 and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this
Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and land. They have heard that You, LORD, are
take possession, for we are well able to over- among these people; that You, LORD, are seen
come it.” face to face and Your cloud stands above
31 But the men who had gone up with him them, and You go before them in a pillar of
said, “We are not able to go up against the peo- cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
ple, for they are stronger than we.” And they 15 Now if You kill these people as one man, then
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gave the children of Israel a bad report of the nations which have heard of Your fame
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the land which they had spied out, saying, will speak, saying, ‘Because the LORD was not
“The land through which we have gone as able to bring this people to the land which He
spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and swore to give them, therefore He killed them
all the people whom we saw in it are men of in the wilderness.’ And now, I pray, let the
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great stature. There we saw the giants (the power of my Lord be great, just as You have
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