1 O Senhor disse a Moisés:
2 "Envia homens para explorar a terra de Canaã, que eu hei de dar aos filhos de Israel. Enviarás um homem de cada tribo patriarcal, tomados todos entre os príncipes."
3 Enviou-os Moisés do deserto de Farã segundo as ordens do Senhor; todos esses homens eram príncipes em Israel.
4 Eis os seus nomes: da tribo de Rubem, Samua, filho de Zecur;
5 da tribo de Simeão, Safat, filho de Huri;
6 da tribo de Judá, Caleb, filho de Jefoné;
7 da tribo de Issacar, Igal, filho de José;
8 da tribo de Efraim, Oséias, filho de Nun;
9 da tribo de Benjamim, Falti, filho de Rafu;
10 da tribo de Zabulon, Gediel, filho de Sodi;
11 da tribo de José, na tribo de Manassés, Gadi, filho de Susi;
12 da tribo de Dã, Amiel, filho de Gemali;
13 da tribo de Aser, Stur, filho de Miguel;
14 da tribo de Neftali, Naabi, filho de Vapsi;
15 da tribo de Gad, Guel, filho de Maqui.
16 Estes são os nomes dos homens que Moisés enviou como exploradores a Canaã. Moisés deu a Oséias, filho de Nun, o nome de Josué.
17 Enviando-os a explorar a terra de Canaã, Moisés disse-lhes: "Ide pelo Negeb e subi a montanha.
18 Examinai que terra é essa, e o povo que a habita, se é forte ou fraco, pequeno ou numeroso.
19 Vede como é a terra onde habita, se é boa ou má, e como são as suas cidades, se muradas ou sem muros;
20 examinai igualmente se o terreno é fértil ou estéril, e se há árvores ou não. Coragem! E trazei-nos dos frutos da terra." Era então a época das primeiras uvas.
21 Partiram, pois, e exploraram a terra desde o deserto de Sin até Roob, no caminho de Emat.
22 Subiram ao Negeb e foram a Hebron, onde se encontravam Aquimã, Sisai e Tolmai, filhos de Enac. Hebron fora construída sete anos antes de Tânis, no Egito.
23 Chegaram ao vale de Escol, onde cortaram um ramo de vide com um cacho de uvas, que dois homens levaram numa vara; tomaram também consigo romãs e figos.
24 Chamou-se a esse lugar vale de Escol, por causa do cacho que nele haviam cortado os israelitas.
25 Tendo voltado os exploradores, passados quarenta dias,
26 foram ter com Moisés e Aarão e toda a assembléia dos israelitas em Cades, no deserto de Farã. Diante deles e de toda a multidão relataram a sua expedição e mostraram os frutos da terra.
27 Eis como narraram a Moisés a sua exploração: "Fomos à terra aonde nos enviaste. É verdadeiramente uma terra onde corre leite e mel, como se pode ver por esses frutos.
28 Mas os habitantes dessa terra são robustos, suas cidades grandes e bem muradas; vimos ali até mesmo filhos de Enac.
29 Os amalecitas habitam na terra do Negeb; os hiteus, os jebuseus e os amorreus habitam nas montanhas, e os cananeus habitam junto ao mar e ao longo do Jordão."
30 Caleb fez calar o povo que começava a murmurar contra Moisés, e disse: "Vamos e apoderemo-nos da terra, porque podemos conquistá-la."
31 Mas os outros, que tinham ido com ele, diziam: "Não somos capazes de atacar esse povo; é mais forte do que nós."
32 E diante dos filhos de Israel depreciaram a terra que tinham explorado: "A terra, disseram eles, que exploramos, devora os seus habitantes: os homens que vimos ali são de uma grande estatura;
33 vimos até mesmo gigantes, filhos de Enac, da raça dos gigantes; parecíamos gafanhotos comparados com eles."
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.