13. from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
14. from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vopshi;
15. from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.
16. These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to investigate the land. And Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
17. When Moses sent them to investigate the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev, and then go up into the hill country
18. and see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, few or many,
19. and whether the land they live in is good or bad, and whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or fortified cities,
20. and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether or not there are forests in it. And be brave, and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” Now it was the time of year for the first ripe grapes.
21. So they went up and investigated the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, at the entrance of Hamath.
22. When they went up through the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living. (Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
23. When they came to the valley of Eshcol, they cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a staff between two men, as well as some of the pomegranates and the figs.
24. That place was called the Eshcol Valley, because of the cluster of grapes that the Israelites cut from there.
25. They returned from investigating the land after forty days.
26. They came back to Moses and Aaron and to the whole community of the Israelites in the wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They reported to the whole community and showed the fruit of the land.