the tribe of Issachar;

Hosea the son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim;

Palti the son of Raphu, of the tribe of Benjamin;

Gadiel the son of Sodi, of the tribe of Zebulun;

Gaddi the son of Susi, of the tribe of Joseph of Manasseh;

Ammiel the son of Gemalli, of the tribe of Dan;

Sethur the son of Michael, of the tribe of Asher;

Nahebi the son of Vaphsi, of the tribe of Naphtali;

Guel the son of Machi, of the tribe of Gad.

These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to search out the land. But Hosea the son of Nun, Moses called Joshua.

And when they sent Moses to search out the land of Canaan, he said unto them: Go up to the south, and go into the mountains;

And consider the land as it is, and the people that dwell therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

And what manner of country they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what manner of cities they dwell in, whether they dwell in tents, or in fortresses; 21. And what manner of land it is, whether it be fat or lean, and whether there be trees therein, or not. Be of good cheer, and take of the fruits of the land. Now it was just about the time of the first grapes.

And they went up, and searched the country from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, where they go to Hamath.

And they went up toward the south, and came unto Hebron; where was Ahiman, and Shesai, and Talmai, the children of Enak: but Hebron was seven years built before Zoan in Egypt.

And they came unto brook Escol, and cut down there a branch with a bunch of grapes, and carried them two on a stick, and pomegranates and figs.

The name of the place is called Brook Eshcol, because of the grapes which the children of Israel cut down there.

And they returned, when they had searched the land, after forty days, 27. And they went and came to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, into the wilderness of Paran unto Kadesh, and told them again, and all the congregation, how it was, and let them see the fruits of the land.

And told them, saying: We are come into the land whither ye sent us, where milk and honey flow within, and this is the fruit thereof;

Without much people dwelling therein, and very great and strong cities: and they saw the children of Enak there.

And the Amalekites dwell in the south country, and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and round about Jordan.

And Caleb quieted the people against Moses, and said, Let us go up, and possess the land; for we may overtake it.

But the men that went up with him said: We are not able to go up against the people, because they are too strong for us.

And they made an evil cry among the children of Israel for the land which they had explored, saying: The land, through which we went to explore, eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw therein are men of great length.

And we saw giants there, the children of Enak, of the giants: and we were as grasshoppers
before our eyes, and so were we before their eyes.
(Numbers)
Chapter 14
The grumbling people are defeated.

And all the congregation rose up, and cried, and the people wept all night.

And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron: and all the congregation said unto them: Oh that we had died in the land of Egypt, or had died in this wilderness!

Doth the LORD bring us into this land, that our wives should fall by the sword, and our children be a prey? Is it not better for us to return to Egypt?

And one said unto another: Let us raise up a captain, and go again into Egypt.

And Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the congregation of the children of Israel.

And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which had also searched the land, rent their clothes.

And they said unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, To search the land which we have passed through is very good.

If the LORD be gracious unto us, he will bring us into the same land, and give us a land flowing with milk and honey.

Fall not away from the LORD, neither be afraid of the people of this land: for we will eat them as bread. Their protection is gone from them: but the LORD is with us. Fear them not.

And all the people said that they should be stoned. Then the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation unto all the children of Israel.

And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will the people blaspheme me, and how long will they not believe on me by all the signs which I have done among them?

Then will I smite them with pestilence, and destroy them, and make thee a greater and mightier nation than this.

And Moses said unto the LORD, Thus shall the Egyptians hear: for thou hast brought this people out of the midst of them by thy strength.

And it shall be said unto the inhabitants of this land, which have heard that thou, O LORD, art among this people, that thou art seen face to face, and thy cloud is upon them, and thou, O
LORD, goest before them in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night; 15. And if thou shouldest slay this people as a man, the heathen that hear such a cry from thee shall say, saying:

The LORD could not bring the people into the land which he sware unto them: therefore he slew them in the wilderness.

Now therefore let the power of the LORD be great, as thou hast said, saying: 18. The LORD is patient, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and leaving none unpunished, but visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

Now therefore, according to thy great mercy, be gracious unto the iniquity of this people, as thou hast graciously forgiven this people out of Egypt unto this day.

And the LORD said: I have forgiven, as thou hast said.

But as truly as I live, so shall all the earth be filled with the glory of the LORD.

For all the men that have seen my glory, and my signs, which I did in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted me ten times, and have not obeyed my voice, 23. Whose eyes shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any see it; he that blasphemed me.

But my servant Caleb, because another spirit is with him, and he hath followed me faithfully, him will I bring into the land whither he came, and his seed shall possess it, 25. And the Amalekites and the Canaanites, which dwell in the valley. Tomorrow turn ye, and go into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:

How long will this wicked company murmur against me? For I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they have murmured against me.

Say therefore unto them, As I live, saith the LORD, I will do unto you as ye have said in mine ears.

Your bodies shall perish in this wilderness, and all ye that are numbered twenty years and upward, which have murmured against me,

Ye shall not come into the land, whereon I have lifted up mine hand to let you dwell therein, without Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Your children, of whom ye said, They shall be a spoil; them will I bring in, that they may know the land which ye have rejected.

But ye and your bodies shall perish in this wilderness.

And your children shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your whoredoms, until your bodies be all in the wilderness.

According to the number of the forty days wherein ye have searched the land, every day shall be a year, to bear your iniquity forty years, that ye may know what it is, when I take away my hand.

I the LORD have said, and I will do it unto all this wicked company, which have rebelled against me. In this wilderness shall they all be, and there shall they die.

So all the men which Moses sent to search the land died in the plague before the LORD, and returned, and made all the congregation murmur against it,

That they might make a noise unto the land, that it was evil.

But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive out of the men that went to search the land.

And Moses spake these words unto all the children of Israel. Then the people mourned greatly,

And they rose up early in the morning, and went up into the height of the mountains, and said: Here are we, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath spoken of: for we have sinned.

And Moses said, Wherefore then do ye transgress the word of the LORD? Ye shall not prosper.

Go not up, for the LORD is not among you: lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword, because ye have turned from the LORD: