Numbers 13

Twelve men, one out of every tribe, are sent to examine the nature and state of the land of Canaan, Numbers 13:1-3 . Their names, Numbers 13:4-16 . Moses gives them particular directions, Numbers 13:17-20 . They proceed on their journey, Numbers 13:21 , Numbers 13:22 . Come to Eshcol, and cut down a branch with a cluster of grapes, which they bear between two of them upon a staff, Numbers 13:23 , Numbers 13:24 . After forty days they return to Paran, from searching the land, and show to Moses and the people the fruit they had brought with them, Numbers 13:25 , Numbers 13:26 . Their report - they acknowledge that the land is good, but that the inhabitants are such as the Israelites cannot hope to conquer, Numbers 13:27-29 . Caleb endeavors to do away the bad impression made, by the report of his fellows, upon the minds of the people, Numbers 13:30 . But the others persist in their former statement, Numbers 13:31 ; : and greatly amplify the difficulties of conquest, Numbers 13:32 , Numbers 13:33 .