Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

And they brought an evil report of the land which they had searched to the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we have passed to search it, is a land that eateth up its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it, are men of a great stature.

And they spoke to all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.

And the men whom Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing a slander upon the land,

But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.