Numbers 13:14   (Read all of Numbers 13)

from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;

Numbers 13:15   (Read all of Numbers 13)

from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.

Numbers 13:16   (Read all of Numbers 13)

These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.)

Numbers 13:17   (Read all of Numbers 13)

When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, "Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country.

Numbers 13:18   (Read all of Numbers 13)

See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.

Numbers 13:20   (Read all of Numbers 13)

How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land." (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)

Numbers 13:21   (Read all of Numbers 13)

So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo Hamath.

Numbers 13:22   (Read all of Numbers 13)

They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Numbers 13:23   (Read all of Numbers 13)

When they reached the Valley of Eshkol, they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates and figs.

Numbers 13:26   (Read all of Numbers 13)

They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.

Numbers 13:27   (Read all of Numbers 13)

They gave Moses this account: "We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit.

Numbers 13:28   (Read all of Numbers 13)

But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.

Numbers 13:29   (Read all of Numbers 13)

The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan."

Numbers 13:30   (Read all of Numbers 13)

Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, "We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it."

Numbers 13:31   (Read all of Numbers 13)

But the men who had gone up with him said, "We can't attack those people; they are stronger than we are."

Numbers 13:32   (Read all of Numbers 13)

And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, "The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.

Numbers 13:33   (Read all of Numbers 13)

We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them."

Numbers 14:2   (Read all of Numbers 14)

All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, "If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness!

Numbers 14:3   (Read all of Numbers 14)

Why is the Lord bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn't it be better for us to go back to Egypt?"

Numbers 14:4   (Read all of Numbers 14)

And they said to each other, "We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt."

Numbers 14:6   (Read all of Numbers 14)

Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes

Numbers 14:7   (Read all of Numbers 14)

and said to the entire Israelite assembly, "The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good.

Numbers 14:10   (Read all of Numbers 14)

But the whole assembly talked about stoning them. Then the glory of the Lord appeared at the tent of meeting to all the Israelites.

Numbers 14:11   (Read all of Numbers 14)

The Lord said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the signs I have performed among them?