# Numbers 13

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/numbers/13

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2. Send men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel; send one man from each of their fathers' tribes, every one a leader among them.
3. Moses dispatched them from the Paran wilderness at Yahweh's command—all leading men, chiefs among the Israelites.
4. These were their names: from Reuben's tribe, Shammua son of Zaccur.
5. From Simeon's tribe, Shaphat son of Hori.
6. From the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh.
7. From the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph.
8. From the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun.
9. Palti, Raphu's son, from Benjamin's tribe.
10. From Zebulun's tribe, Gaddiel son of Sodi.
11. From the tribe of Joseph, from Manasseh's tribe, Gaddi son of Susi.
12. From the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli.
13. From Asher's tribe, Sethur son of Michael.
14. From the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi.
15. From the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.
16. These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to explore the land. Moses called Hoshea son of Nun Joshua.
17. Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up this way through the Negev, and ascend the hill country."
18. See the land—what it is—and the people dwelling on it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many.
19. How is the land where they dwell—good or bad? And how are the cities where they dwell—in camps or strongholds?
20. What the land is like—fertile or lean, whether trees grow there or none—strengthen yourselves and bring some of its fruit. It was the season for early grapes.
21. They went up and explored the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.
22. They ascended through the Negev and arrived at Hebron; Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, sons of Anak, were there. Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
23. They came to the Valley of Eshcol and cut a branch from there with one cluster of grapes, carrying it between two on a pole; they also took some pomegranates and figs.
24. That place was called the Brook Eshcol because of the cluster the children of Israel cut from there.
25. They returned from scouting the land after forty days.
26. They set out and arrived at Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel's sons in the wilderness of Paran at Kadesh, brought word back to them and to the entire assembly, and showed them the fruit of the land.
27. They reported to him and said, "We came to the land you sent us to, and it indeed flows with milk and honey; this is its fruit."
28. However, the people inhabiting the land are mighty, and the cities are fortified and immensely large; even the sons of Anak we saw there.
29. Amalekites dwell in the southern land, Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites dwell in the mountains, and Canaanites dwell by the sea and beside the Jordan.
30. Caleb hushed the people before Moses and said, "Let us go up and take possession of it, for we can—we are able."
31. But the men who went up with him said, "We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we."
32. They spread a slanderous report of the land they had spied out to the sons of Israel, saying, "The land we passed through to spy it out is one devouring its inhabitants, and all the people we saw in its midst are men of great stature."
33. There we saw the Nephilim, sons of Anak from the Nephilim, and we seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and so we were in their eyes.

## Nearby chapters

[Numbers 12](https://www.lumin.faith/read/numbers/12.md)
[Numbers 14](https://www.lumin.faith/read/numbers/14.md)

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