1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. 3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel. 4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. 5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. 6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. 8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. 9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. 10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. 11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. 13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. 14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. 15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain: 18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; 19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; 20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.
21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. 22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. 24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. 25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. 28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. 30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. 31 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. 32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
1 Herra sanoi Moosekselle:
2 Lähetä miehiä tutkimaan Kanaaninmaata, jonka minä annan israelilaisille. Lähettäkää sinne yksi mies joka heimosta. Kunkin heistä tulee olla sukunsa päämies.
3 Mooses lähetti heidät matkaan Paranin autiomaasta Herran ohjeen mukaisesti. He olivat kaikki israelilaisten päälliköitä.
4 Nämä olivat heidän nimensä: Ruubenin heimosta Sammua, Sakkurin poika,
5 Simeonin heimosta Safat, Horin poika,
6 Juudan heimosta Kaleb, Jefunnen poika,
7 Isaskarin heimosta Jigal, Joosefin poika,
8 Efraimin heimosta Hoosea, Nunin poika,
9 Benjaminin heimosta Palti, Rafun poika,
10 Sebulonin heimosta Gaddiel, Sodin poika,
11 Joosefista polveutuvasta Manassen heimosta Gaddi, Susin poika,
12 Danin heimosta Ammiel, Gemallin poika,
13 Asserin heimosta Setur, Mikaelin poika,
14 Naftalin heimosta Nahbi, Vofsin poika
15 ja Gadin heimosta Geuel, Makin poika.
16 Nämä olivat ne miehet, jotka Mooses lähetti tutkimaan maata. Hoosealle, Nunin pojalle, Mooses antoi nimeksi Joosua.
18 Katselkaa, millainen maa se on ja millaisia ovat siellä asuvat kansat, ovatko ne väkeviä vai heikkoja, onko asukkaita vähän vai paljon.
19 Katsokaa, onko se maa hyvä vai huono ja asuvatko ihmiset avoimissa kylissä vai muurien suojaamissa kaupungeissa.
21 He lähtivät tutkimaan maata ja vaelsivat Sinin autiomaasta Lebo-Hamatiin päin aina Rehobiin saakka.
22 He kulkivat Negevin halki ja tulivat Hebroniin, missä silloin asuivat Anakista polveutuvat Ahimanin, Sesain ja Talmain suvut. Hebron oli perustettu seitsemän vuotta ennen Egyptin Soania.
23 Sitten he tulivat Eskolinlaaksoon ja leikkasivat sieltä mukaansa viiniköynnöksen oksan, jossa oli yksi ainoa rypäleterttu. Se oli niin painava, että kaksi miestä joutui kantamaan sitä tangon varassa. He ottivat mukaansa myös granaattiomenia ja viikunoita.
24 Nimen Eskolinlaakso paikka sai sen rypäletertun mukaan, jonka israelilaiset sieltä leikkasivat.
25 Tutkittuaan maata neljänkymmenen päivän ajan miehet lähtivät paluumatkalle
26 ja tulivat takaisin Mooseksen, Aaronin ja kansan luo Kadesiin, Paranin autiomaahan. He tekivät selkoa retkestään ja näyttivät Kanaaninmaan hedelmiä.
28 Mutta siellä asuva kansa on voimakas, ja kaupungit ovat lujasti varustettuja ja hyvin suuria. Näimme siellä myös Anakin jälkeläisiä.