23. Then the men went to Eshcol Valley. There they cut off a branch from a grapevine that had a bunch of grapes on it. They put that branch on a pole, and two men carried it between them. They also carried some pomegranates and figs.
24. That place is called the Eshcol Valley, because there the men of Israel cut off the bunch of grapes.
25. The men explored that country for 40 days, and then they went back to the camp.
26. The Israelites were camped near Kadesh, in the desert of Paran. The men went to Moses and Aaron and all the Israelites. They told Moses, Aaron, and all the people what they saw and showed them the fruit from the land.
27. The men told Moses, “We went to the land where you sent us. It is a land filled with many good things! Here is some of the fruit that grows there.
28. But the people living there are very powerful. The cities are very large and strongly defended. We even saw some Anakites there.
29. The Amalekites live in the Negev. The Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country. The Canaanites live near the sea and by the Jordan River.”
30. Caleb told the people near Moses to be quiet. Then Caleb said, “We should go up and take that land for ourselves. We can easily take that land.”
31. But the men who had gone with him said, “We cannot fight those people! They are much stronger than we are.”
32. So those men gave a report that discouraged the people. They said, “The land we saw is full of strong people. They are strong enough to easily defeat anyone who goes there.
33. We saw the giant Nephilim people there! (The descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim.) We felt like little grasshoppers. Yes, we were like grasshoppers to them!”