Numbers 13 (NET)

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Numbers 13:2²“Send out men to investigate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a leader among them.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 1:22-25 Num 32:8 Num 34:18 Deut 1:15 Exod 18:25 Josh 2:1-24 Num 1:4 Num 11:16

Numbers 13:3³So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command of the Lord. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 12:16 Num 32:8 Deut 1:19 Deut 9:23 Deut 1:23

Numbers 13:4⁴Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 13:5⁵from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 13:7⁷from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 13:9⁹from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 13:10¹⁰from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 13:11¹¹from the tribe of Joseph, namely, the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 13:12¹²from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 13:13¹³from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 13:14¹⁴from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vopshi;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 13:15¹⁵from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 13:16¹⁶These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to investigate the land. And Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 13:8 Exod 17:9 Acts 7:45 Deut 32:44 Heb 4:8 Hos 1:1 Matt 1:21-23 Num 14:30 Num 14:6 Rom 9:25

Numbers 13:17¹⁷When Moses sent them to investigate the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev, and then go up into the hill countryCopy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 1:9 Gen 12:9 Gen 13:1 Josh 15:3 Judg 1:15 Judg 1:19 Deut 1:44 Gen 14:10 Num 13:21-22 Num 13:29

Numbers 13:18¹⁸and see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, few or many,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 3:8 Ezek 34:14

Numbers 13:19¹⁹and whether the land they live in is good or bad, and whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or fortified cities,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 13:20²⁰and 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 31:23 Deut 31:6-8 Ezek 34:14 Neh 9:25 Neh 9:35 1 Chr 22:11 Deut 1:25 Heb 13:6 Josh 1:6 Josh 1:9

Numbers 13:21²¹So they went up and investigated the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, at Lebo Hamath.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 20:1 Num 33:36 Num 27:14 Josh 15:1 Josh 13:5 2 Sam 8:9 Amos 6:2 Deut 32:51 Num 34:3-4

Numbers 13:22²²When 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.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 78:12 Ps 78:43 Isa 19:11 Josh 15:13-14 Isa 30:4 Josh 11:21-22 Judg 1:10 2 Sam 2:1 2 Sam 2:11 Gen 13:18

Numbers 13:23²³When 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 13:24 Num 32:9 Deut 1:24-25 Judg 16:4

Numbers 13:24²⁴That place was called the Eshcol Valley, because of the cluster of grapes that the Israelites cut from there.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 13:25²⁵They returned from investigating the land after forty days.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 34:28 Exod 24:18 Num 14:33-34

Numbers 13:26²⁶They 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 32:8 Num 20:1 Deut 1:19 Num 20:16 Num 33:36 Josh 14:6

Numbers 13:27²⁷They told Moses, “We went to the land where you sent us. It is indeed flowing with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 3:8 Exod 13:5 Exod 3:17 Exod 33:3 Deut 1:25-33 Deut 26:9 Deut 31:20 Deut 11:9 Deut 26:11-15 Deut 27:3

Numbers 13:28²⁸But the inhabitants are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 1:28 Deut 9:1-2 Josh 11:22 Num 13:33 Deut 2:10-11 Deut 2:21 Deut 3:5 Josh 15:14 Judg 1:20 Num 13:22-23

Numbers 13:29²⁹The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 14:43 Judg 6:3 1 Sam 14:48 1 Sam 15:3-9 1 Sam 30:1 Exod 17:8-16 Exod 3:17 Exod 3:8 Gen 14:7 Gen 15:19-21

Numbers 13:30³⁰Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses, saying, “Let us go up and occupy it, for we are well able to conquer it.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 14:24 Phil 4:13 Rom 8:31 Ps 60:12 Num 14:6-9 Heb 11:33 Isa 41:10-16 Rom 8:37 Josh 14:6-8 Ps 118:10-11

Numbers 13:31³¹But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against these people, because they are stronger than we are!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 1:28 Josh 14:8 Heb 3:19 Num 32:9 Deut 9:1

Numbers 13:32³²Then they presented the Israelites with a discouraging report of the land they had investigated, saying, “The land that we passed through to investigate is a land that devours its inhabitants. All the people we saw there are of great stature.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Amos 2:9 Num 14:36-37 Ezek 36:13-14 Matt 23:13 2 Sam 21:20 Deut 1:28 1 Chr 20:6 Num 13:28