Num 13:17-24 | NASB1995 | STEP | When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan , he said to them, “ Go up there into the Negev ; then go up into the hill country .

Numbers 13:17-24

17 When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he said to them, “Go up ^{▼▼ Lit here}there into ^bthe ^{▼▼ I.e. South country, and so throughout the ch}Negev; then go up into the hill country. 18 “See what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many. 19 “How is the land in which they live, is it good or bad? And how are the cities in which they live, are they ^{▼▼ Lit in}like open camps or with fortifications? 20 ^e“How is the land, is it fat or lean? Are there trees in it or not? ^{▼▼ Lit Use your strength}Make an ^geffort then to get some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes.

21 So they went up and spied out the land from ^hthe wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, ^{▼▼ Or to the entrance of Hamath
,} ^jat Lebo-hamath. 22 When they had gone up into ^kthe Negev, ^{▼▼ Lit Most mss read one came}they came to Hebron where ^mAhiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the ^{▼▼ Lit children}descendants of ^oAnak were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before ^pZoan in Egypt.)

23 Then they came to the ^{▼▼ Or wadi}valley of ^{▼▼ I.e. cluster
,} ^sEshcol and from there cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they carried it on a pole between two men, with some of the pomegranates and the figs. 24 That place was called the valley of ^{▼▼ I.e. cluster}Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut down from there.