Lexham English Bible

Numbers 13:11-23 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

11. from the tribe of Joseph, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi;

12. from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;

13. from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;

14. from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;

15. from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.

16. These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to explore the land. And Moses called Hoshea son of Nun Joshua.

17. Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, and he said to them, “Go up like this to the Negev, and go up into the hill country,

18. and you will see what the land is like and if the people who inhabit it are strong or weak, or whether they are few or many,

19. and whether the land that they are inhabiting is good or bad, and whether the cities they are inhabiting are camps or fortifications,

20. and whether the land is fertile or lean, and whether there are trees on it or not. You will show yourself courageous, and you will take some of the fruit of the land.” It was the time of first ripe grapes.

21. So they went up and explored the land from the desert of Zin until Rehob, at Lebo Hamath.

22. They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai the descendants of the Anakites were. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

23. And they came up to the valley of Eshcol, and they cut off a vine branch and one cluster of grapes from there; they carried it on a pole between two men, with pomegranates and figs.