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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses, saying,
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Send for thyself men◦, and they will explore the land of Canaan, which I◦ am giving to the sons of Israel; one man◦, one man◦ for each tribe of his father you shall Send, every one a chief among◦ them.
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And Moses by◦ the mouth of Jehovah sent them from the wilderness of Paran; all those◦ men◦ were heads of the sons of Israel.
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And these were their names; of◦ the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
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Of◦ the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
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Of◦ the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
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Of◦ the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
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Of◦ the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
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Of◦ the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
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Of◦ the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
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Of◦ the tribe of Joseph, of◦ the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
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Of◦ the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
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Of◦ the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
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Of◦ the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
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Of◦ the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
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These are the names of the men◦ who Moses sent to explore the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua*.
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And Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, and said to▵ them, Go· you ·up this way into the south, and go··up··to the mountain;
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and see the land, what it◦ is, and the people who dwells upon it, whether it◦ be firm or slack, few or many;
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and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it◦ be good or evil; and what cities they be that they◦ dwell in, whether in camps, or in fortresses;
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and what the land is, whether it◦ be with··oil or lean, whether there be◦ wood in it, or not◦. And make· yourselves ·firm, and take of the fruit of the land. And the days were the days of the firstfruits of the grapes.
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And they went··up, and explored the land from the wilderness of Zin even··to Rehob, to come··into Ḥamath.
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And they went··up by the south, and came even··to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, born of Anak, were there. And Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
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And they came to◦ the brook of Eshcol, and cut··off from thence a sprig and one cluster of grapes, and they bore it between two on◦ a pole*; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
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That◦ place was called the brook Eshcol*, on account◦ of the cluster of grapes which the sons of Israel cut··off from thence.
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And they returned from exploring the land at the end of forty days.
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And they went and came to▵ Moses, and to▵ Aaron, and to▵ all the congregation of the sons of Israel, to▵ the wilderness of Paran, toward Kadesh; and returned with word to them, and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
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And they described◦ it to him, and said, We came to▵ the land whither thou didst send us, and it◦ even flows with milk and honey; and this is her fruit.
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Nonetheless, the people are strong dwelling in the land, and the cities are fortified, and very great; and also we saw the children of Anak there.
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Amalek dwells in the land of the south; and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by◦ the sea, and by◦ the side* of the Jordan.
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And Caleb made the people keep··silent before Moses, and said, Going··up let us go··up, and possess it; for prevailing◦ we will prevail◦ against▵ it.
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But the men◦ who went··up with him said, We be· not ·able to go··up against▵ the people; for they are stronger* than we.
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And they brought··out an evil··report of the land which they had explored to▵ the sons of Israel, saying, The land, which we have passed··through to explore it, it◦ is a land that eats··up those dwelling··in her; and all the people that we saw in the midst of it are men◦ of measure.
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And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who are from the Nephilim; and we were in our own eyes as grasshoppers, and so we were in their eyes.
