The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Send men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. Of every tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a prince among them.” Deu 1:22-25Num 32:8Num 34:18Deu 1:15Exo 18:25Jos 2:1-24Num 1:4Num 11:16
Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of the LORD. All of them were men who were heads of the children of Israel. Num 12:16Num 32:8Deu 1:19Deu 9:23Deu 1:23 These were their names:
Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. Num 14:6Num 34:19Jos 14:6-15Num 13:30Num 14:301Ch 4:15Num 14:24Num 26:65
Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun. Exo 24:13Num 11:28Deu 31:14Deu 31:23Deu 31:7-8Deu 32:44Deu 34:9Exo 17:9-13
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
Of the tribe of Joseph, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua. Num 13:8Exo 17:9Act 7:45Deu 32:44Heb 4:8Hos 1:1Mat 1:21-23Num 14:30 Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill country. Jdg 1:9Gen 12:9Gen 13:1Jdg 1:15Jdg 1:19Jos 15:3Deu 1:44Gen 14:10 See the land, what it is; and the people who dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many; Exo 3:8Ezk 34:14 and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds; and what the land is, whether it is fertile or poor, whether there is wood therein, or not. Be courageous, and bring some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes. Deu 31:23Deu 31:6-8Ezk 34:14Neh 9:25Neh 9:351Ch 22:11Deu 1:25Heb 13:6
So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath. Num 20:1Num 33:36Num 27:14Jos 15:1Jos 13:52Sa 8:9Amo 6:2Deu 32:51 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) Psa 78:12Psa 78:43Isa 19:11Jos 15:13-14Isa 30:4Jdg 1:10Jos 11:21-222Sa 2:1 They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs. Num 13:24Num 32:9Deu 1:24-25Jdg 16:4 That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there. They returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days. Exo 34:28Exo 24:18Num 14:33-34 They went and came to Moses, to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them and to all the congregation. They showed them the fruit of the land. Num 32:8Num 20:1Deu 1:19Num 20:16Num 33:36Jos 14:6 They told him, and said, “We came to the land where you sent us. Surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. Exo 3:8Exo 13:5Exo 3:17Exo 33:3Deu 26:9Deu 31:20Deu 1:25-33Deu 26:11-15 However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the children of Anak there. Deu 1:28Deu 9:1-2Jos 11:22Num 13:33Deu 2:10-11Deu 2:21Deu 3:5Jos 15:14 Amalek dwells in the land of the South. The Hittite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwell in the hill country. The Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along the side of the Jordan.” Num 14:43Jdg 6:31Sa 14:481Sa 15:3-91Sa 30:1Exo 17:8-16Exo 3:17Exo 3:8
Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, “Let’s go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it!” Num 14:24Php 4:13Rom 8:31Psa 60:12Num 14:6-9Heb 11:33Isa 41:10-16Rom 8:37
But the men who went up with him said, “We aren’t able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.” Deu 1:28Jos 14:8Heb 3:19Deu 9:1Num 32:9 They brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out to the children of Israel, saying, “The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people who we saw in it are men of great stature. Amo 2:9Num 14:36-37Ezk 36:13-14Mat 23:132Sa 21:20Deu 1:281Ch 20:6Num 13:28 There we saw the Nephilim, 1 the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim. 2 We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.” Deu 1:28Gen 6:4Isa 40:221Sa 17:42Deu 9:2Deu 3:111Ch 11:231Sa 17:4-7