18. and see what kind of land it is and whether the people living there are strong or weak, few or many.
19. Is the country in which they live good or bad? Are the towns in which they dwell open or fortified?
20. Is the soil fertile or barren, wooded or clear? And do your best to get some of the fruit of the land.” It was then the season for early grapes.
21. So they went up and reconnoitered the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as where Rehob adjoins Lebo-hamath.