And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: Send men out to search the land
of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of
their fathers a man and let them all be such as are rulers among them.
And Moses at the commandment of the LORD sent forth out of the
wilderness of Pharan: such men as were all heads among the children of
Israel, whose names are these: In the tribe of Ruben, Sammua the son of
Zacur: In the tribe of Simeon, Saphat the son of Hori. In the tribe of
Iuda, Caleph the son of Iephune. In the tribe of Isachar, Igeal the son
of Ioseph. In the tribe of Ephraim, Hosea the son of Nun. In the tribe
of BenIamin, Palti the son of Raphu. In the tribe of Zabulon, Gadiel
the son of Sodi. In the tribe of Ioseph: In the tribe of Manasse, Gaddi
the son of Susi. In the tribe of Dan, Amiel the son of Gemali. In the
tribe of Asser, Sethur the son of Micheel. In the tribe of Nephtali,
Nahebi the son of Uaphsi. In the tribe of Gad, Guel the son of Machi.
These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land.
And Moses called the name of Hosea the son of Nun, Iosua. And Moses
sent them forth to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them: get
you southward and go up into the high country, and see the land what
manner thing it is and the people that dwelleth therein: whether they
be strong or weak, either few or many, and what the land is that they
dwell in, whether it be good or bad, and what manner of cities they
dwell in: whether they dwell in tents or walled towns, and what manner
of land it is: whether it be fat or lean, and whether there be trees
therein or not. And be of a good courage, and bring of the fruits of
the land. And it was about the time that grapes are first ripe. And
they went up and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto
Rehob as men go to Hemath, and they ascended unto the south and came
unto Hebron, where Ahiman was and Sefai and Thalmani the sons of Enack.
Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt. And they came unto
the river of Escol and they cut down there a branch with one cluster of
grapes and bare it upon a staff between twain, and also of the
pomegranates and of the figs of the place. The river was called Escol,
because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down
there. And they turned back again from searching the land, at forty
days' end. And they went and came to Moses and Aaron and unto all the
multitude of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Pharan:
even unto Cades, and brought them word and also unto all the
congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. And they told him
saying: we came unto the land whither thou sendedst us, and surely it
is a land that floweth with milk and honey and here is of the fruit of
it. Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the
cities are walled and exceeding great, and moreover we saw the children
of Enack there. The Amaleks dwell in the south country, and the
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