1 And the Lord said to Moses,2 Send men to get knowledge about the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from every tribe of their fathers you are to send a man, every one a chief among them.3 And Moses sent them from the waste land of Paran as the Lord gave orders, all of them men who 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, Hoshea, 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, that is of the family 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 Michael14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi, the son of Vophsi.15 Of the tribe of Gad, Gevel, the son of Machi.16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to get knowledge about the land. And Moses gave to Hoshea, the son of Nun, the name of Joshua.17 So Moses sent them to have a look at the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up into the South and into the hill-country;18 And see what the land is like; and if the people living in it are strong or feeble, small or great in number;19 And what sort of land they are living in, if it is good or bad; and what their living-places are, tent-circles or walled towns;20 And if the land is fertile or poor, and if there is wood in it or not. And be of good heart, and come back with some of the produce of the land. Now it was the time when the first grapes were ready.21 So they went up and got a view of the land, from the waste land of Zin to Rehob, on the way to Hamath.22 They went up into the South and came to Hebron; and Ahiman and Sheshai and Talmai, the children of Anak, were living there. (Now the building of Hebron took place seven years before that of Zoan in Egypt.)23 And they came to the valley of Eshcol, and cutting down a vine-branch with its grapes, two of them took it on a rod between them; and they took some pomegranates and figs.24 That place was named the valley of Eshcol because of the grapes which the children of Israel took from there.25 At the end of forty days they came back from viewing the land.26 And they came back to Moses and Aaron and all the children of Israel, to Kadesh in the waste land of Paran; and gave an account to them and to all the people and let them see the produce of the land.27 And they said, We came to the land where you sent us, and truly it is flowing with milk and honey: and here is some of the produce of it.28 But the people living in the land are strong, and the towns are walled and very great; further, we saw the children of Anak there.29 And the Amalekites are in the South; and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites are living in the hill-country; and the Canaanites by the sea and by the side of Jordan.30 Then Caleb made signs to the people to keep quiet, and said to Moses, Let us go up straight away and take this land; for we are well able to overcome it.31 But the men who had gone up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.32 And they gave the children of Israel a bad account of the land they had been to see, saying, This land through which we went is a land causing destruction to those living in it; and all the people we saw there are men of more than common size.33 There we saw those great men, the sons of Anak, offspring of the Nephilim: and we seemed to ourselves no more than insects, and so we seemed to them.

1 Profectusque est populus de Haseroth, fixis tentoriis in deserto Pharan. 2 Ibique locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens : 3 Mitte viros, qui considerent terram Chanaan, quam daturus sum filiis Isral, singulos de singulis tribubus, ex principibus. 4 Fecit Moyses quod Dominus imperaverat, de deserto Pharan mittens principes viros, quorum ista sunt nomina. 5 De tribu Ruben, Sammua filium Zechur. 6 De tribu Simeon, Saphat filium Huri. 7 De tribu Juda, Caleb filium Jephone. 8 De tribu Issachar, Igal filium Joseph. 9 De tribu Ephraim, Osee filium Nun. 10 De tribu Benjamin, Phalti filium Raphu. 11 De tribu Zabulon, Geddiel filium Sodi. 12 De tribu Joseph, sceptri Manasse, Gaddi filium Susi. 13 De tribu Dan, Ammiel filium Gemalli. 14 De tribu Aser, Sthur filium Michal. 15 De tribu Nephthali, Nahabi filium Vapsi. 16 De tribu Gad, Guel filium Machi. 17 Hc sunt nomina virorum, quos misit Moyses ad considerandam terram : vocavitque Osee filium Nun, Josue.18 Misit ergo eos Moyses ad considerandam terram Chanaan, et dixit ad eos : Ascendite per meridianam plagam. Cumque veneritis ad montes, 19 considerate terram, qualis sit : et populum qui habitator est ejus, utrum fortis sit an infirmus : si pauci numero an plures : 20 ipsa terra, bona an mala : urbes quales, murat an absque muris : 21 humus, pinguis an sterilis, nemorosa an absque arboribus. Confortamini, et afferte nobis de fructibus terr. Erat autem tempus quando jam prcoqu uv vesci possunt. 22 Cumque ascendissent, exploraverunt terram a deserto Sin, usque Rohob intrantibus Emath. 23 Ascenderuntque ad meridiem, et venerunt in Hebron, ubi erant Achiman et Sisai et Tholmai filii Enac : nam Hebron septem annis ante Tanim urbem gypti condita est. 24 Pergentesque usque ad Torrentem botri, absciderunt palmitem cum uva sua, quem portaverunt in vecte duo viri. De malis quoque granatis et de ficis loci illius tulerunt : 25 qui appellatus est Nehelescol, id est Torrens botri, eo quod botrum portassent inde filii Isral.26 Reversique exploratores terr post quadraginta dies, omni regione circuita, 27 venerunt ad Moysen et Aaron et ad omnem ctum filiorum Isral in desertum Pharan, quod est in Cades. Locutique eis et omni multitudini ostenderunt fructus terr : 28 et narraverunt, dicentes : Venimus in terram, ad quam misisti nos, qu revera fluit lacte et melle, ut ex his fructibus cognosci potest : 29 sed cultores fortissimos habet, et urbes grandes atque muratas. Stirpem Enac vidimus ibi. 30 Amalec habitat in meridie, Hethus et Jebusus et Amorrhus in montanis : Chananus vero moratur juxta mare et circa fluenta Jordanis. 31 Inter hc Caleb compescens murmur populi, qui oriebatur contra Moysen, ait : Ascendamus, et possideamus terram, quoniam poterimus obtinere eam. 32 Alii vero, qui fuerant cum eo, dicebant : Nequaquam ad hunc populum valemus ascendere, quia fortior nobis est. 33 Detraxeruntque terr, quam inspexerant, apud filios Isral, dicentes : Terra, quam lustravimus, devorat habitatores suos : populus, quem aspeximus, procer statur est. 34 Ibi vidimus monstra qudam filiorum Enac de genere giganteo : quibus comparati, quasi locust videbamur.