1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,2 Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.3 And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the mouth of Jehovah, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.4 Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;11 from the tribe of Joseph, that is, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;15 from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way into the south, and go up into the mountains,18 and see what the land is: whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many;19 whether the land they dwell in is good or bad; whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or strongholds;20 whether the land is fat or lean; and whether there are forests there or not. Be of good courage. And bring some of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.21 So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath.22 And they went up through the South and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, those born to Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)23 And they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and there cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they carried it between two of them on a pole. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.24 The place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut down there.25 And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.26 And they departed and came to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.27 And they reported to him and said: We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.28 Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very great; moreover we saw those born of Anak there.29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and beside the Jordan.30 And Caleb silenced the people before Moses, and said, Let us arise to go up and take possession, for we are able to prevail.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 report of the land which they had spied out, saying, The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature.33 There we saw the giants, the sons of Anak of the giants; and we were like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and so we were in their eyes.

1 And the puple yede forth fro Asseroth, whanne the tentis weren set in the deseert of Pharan.2 And there the Lord spak to Moises,3 and seide, Sende thou men that schulen biholde the lond of Canaan, which Y schal yyue to the sones of Israel, of ech lynage o man of the princes.4 Moises dide that that the Lord comaundide, and sente fro the deseert of Pharan princes, men of whiche these ben the names.5 Of the lynage of Ruben, Semmya, the sone of Zectur.6 Of the lynage of Symeon, Saphat, the sone of Hury.7 Of the lynage of Juda, Caleph, the sone of Jephone.8 Of the lynage of Isachar, Igal, the sone of Joseph.9 Of the lynage of Effraym, Osee, the sone of Nun.10 Of the lynage of Beniamyn, Phalti, the sone of Raphu.11 Of the lynage of Zabulon, Gediel, the sone of Sodi.12 Of the lynage of Joseph, of the gouernaunce of Manasses, Gaddi, the sone of Susy.13 Of the lynage of Dan, Amyel, the sone of Gemalli.14 Of the lynage of Aser, Sur, the sone of Mychael.15 Of the lynage of Neptalym, Nabdi, the sone of Napsi.16 Of the lynage of Gad, Guel, the sone of Machi.17 These ben the names of men, which Moises sente to biholde the lond of Canaan; and he clepide Osee, the sone of Nun, Josue.18 Therfor Moises sente hem to biholde the lond of Canaan, and seide to hem, `Stie ye bi the south coost; and whanne ye comen to the hillis,19 biholde ye the lond, what maner lond it is; and biholde ye the puple which is the dwellere therof, whether it is strong, ethir feble, `whether thei ben fewe in noumbre, ether manye;20 whether that lond is good, ethir yuel; what maner citees ben, wallid, ether without wallis;21 whether the lond is fat, ether bareyn, `whether it is ful of woodis, ethir without trees. Be ye coumfortid, and `brynge ye to vs of the fruytis of that lond. Sotheli the tyme was, whanne grapis first ripe myyten be etun thanne.22 And whanne thei hadden stied, thei aspieden the lond, fro the deseert of Syn `til to Rohob, as men entryth to Emath.23 And thei stieden to the south, and camen in to Ebron, where Achyman, and Sisai, and Tholmai, the sones of Enach, weren; for Hebron was maad bi seuen yeer bifor Thamnys, the citee of Egipt.24 And thei yeden til to the stronde of clustre, and kittiden doun a sioun with his grape, which twei men baren in a barre; also thei token of pumgarnadis, and of the figis of that place which is clepid Nehelescol,25 that is, the stronde of grape, for the sones of Israel baren a clustre fro thennus.26 And the aspieris of the lond, whanne thei hadden cumpassid al the cuntrey, after fourti daies camen to Moises and Aaron,27 and to al the cumpany of the sones of Israel, in to the deseert of Pharan which is in Cades. And `the aspieris spaken to hem, and schewiden the fruytis of the lond to al the multitude, and telden,28 and seiden, We camen to the lond, to which thou sentest vs, which lond treuli flowith with mylk and hony, as it may be knowun bi these fruytis;29 but it hath strongeste inhabiteris, and grete cytees, and wallid; we sien there the kynrede of Anachym; Amalech dwellith in the south;30 Ethei, and Jebusei, and Amorey dwellen in the hilli placis; forsothe Cananey dwellith bisidis the see, and bisidis the floodis of Jordan.31 Among thes thingis Caleph peeside the grutchyng of the puple, that was maad ayens Moises, and seide, `Stie we, and welde we the lond, for we moun gete it.32 Forsothe other aspieris, that weren with hym, seiden, We moun not stie to this puple, for it is strongere than we.33 And thei deprauyden the lond which thei hadden biholde, anentis the sones of Israel, and seiden, The lond which we cumpassiden deuourith hise dwelleris; the puple which we bihelden is of large stature; there we syen summe wondris ayens kynde,34 of the sones of Enach, of the kynde of geauntis, to whiche we weren comparisound, and weren seien as locustis.