Thematic Bible
Numbers 13:1 (show verse)
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers 13:2 (show verse)
"Send men out to search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers, a man; and let them all be such as are rulers among them."
Numbers 13:3 (show verse)
And Moses, at the commandment of the LORD, sent forth out of the wilderness of Paran such men as were all heads among the children of Israel, whose names are these:
Numbers 13:4 (show verse)
In the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
Numbers 13:5 (show verse)
In the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
Numbers 13:6 (show verse)
In the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
Numbers 13:7 (show verse)
In the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
Numbers 13:8 (show verse)
In the tribe of Ephraim, Hosea the son of Nun.
Numbers 13:9 (show verse)
In the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
Numbers 13:10 (show verse)
In the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
Numbers 13:11 (show verse)
In the tribe of Joseph, in the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
Numbers 13:12 (show verse)
In the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
Numbers 13:13 (show verse)
In the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
Numbers 13:14 (show verse)
In the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
Numbers 13:15 (show verse)
In the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
Numbers 13:16 (show verse)
These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called the name of Hosea, the son of Nun, Joshua.
Numbers 13:17 (show verse)
And Moses sent them forth to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, "Get you southward and go up into the high country:
Numbers 13:18 (show verse)
and see the land, what manner thing it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, either few or many;
Numbers 13:19 (show verse)
and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what manner of cities they dwell in, whether they dwell in tents or walled towns;
Numbers 13:20 (show verse)
and what manner of land it is, whether it be fat or lean, and whether there be trees therein or not. And be of a good courage, and bring of the fruits of the land." And it was about the time that grapes are first ripe.
Numbers 13:21 (show verse)
And they went up and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men go to Hamath,
Numbers 13:22 (show verse)
and they ascended unto the south and came unto Hebron: where Ahiman was, and Sheshai and Talmai; the sons of Anak. Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
Numbers 13:23 (show verse)
And they came unto the river of Eshcol and they cut down there a branch with one cluster of grapes and bare it upon a staff between twain, and also of the pomegranates and of the figs of the place.
Numbers 13:24 (show verse)
The river was called Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down there.
Numbers 13:25 (show verse)
And they turned back again from searching the land, at forty days' end.
Numbers 13:26 (show verse)
And they went and came to Moses and Aaron and unto all the multitude of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran: even unto Kadesh, and brought them word and also unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
Numbers 13:27 (show verse)
And they told him, saying, "We came unto the land whither thou sendedst us, and surely it is a land that floweth with milk and honey and here is of the fruit of it.
Numbers 13:28 (show verse)
Nevertheless, the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled and exceeding great, and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
Numbers 13:29 (show verse)
The Amalekites dwell in the south country, and the Hittites, Jebusites and the Amorites dwell in the mountains, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along by the coast of Jordan."
Numbers 13:30 (show verse)
And Caleb stilled the murmur of the people against Moses, saying, "Let us go up and conquer it, for we be able to overcome it."
Numbers 13:31 (show verse)
But the men that went up with him said, "We be not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we."
Numbers 13:32 (show verse)
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched, unto the children of Israel, saying, "The land which we have gone through, to search it out, is a land that eateth up the inhabiters thereof, and the people that we saw in it are men of stature.
Numbers 13:33 (show verse)
And there we saw also giants, the children of Anak which are of the giants. And we seemed in our sight as it were grasshoppers and so we did in their sight."