Numbers 13:2-26
“ Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.”So Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;from the tribe of Joseph, that is, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them,“ Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains,and see what the land is like: whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many;whether the land they dwell in is good or bad; whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or strongholds;whether the land is rich or poor; and whether there are forests there or not. Be of good courage. And bring some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath.And they went up through the South and came to Hebron; Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there.( Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)Then they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and there cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they carried it between two of them on a pole. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.The place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down there.And they returned from spying out the land after forty days.Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
Deuteronomy 1:19-25
“ So we departed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw on the way to the mountains of the Amorites, as the Lord our God had commanded us. Then we came to Kadesh Barnea.And I said to you,‘ You have come to the mountains of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us.Look, the Lord your God has set the land before you; go up and possess it, as the Lord God of your fathers has spoken to you; do not fear or be discouraged.’“ And everyone of you came near to me and said,‘ Let us send men before us, and let them search out the land for us, and bring back word to us of the way by which we should go up, and of the cities into which we shall come.’“ The plan pleased me well; so I took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe.And they departed and went up into the mountains, and came to the Valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.They also took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us; and they brought back word to us, saying,‘ It is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us.’
