⁷ So the five men departed and went to ^(A)Laish. They saw the people who were there, ^(B)how they dwelt safely, in the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure. There were no rulers in the land who might put them to shame for anything. They were far from the ^(C)Sidonians, and they had no ties ^[a]with anyone.

⁸ Then the spies came back to their brethren at ^(D)Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren said to them, “What is your report?”

⁹ So they said, ^(E)“Arise, let us go up against them. For we have seen the land, and indeed it is very good. Would you ^(F)do nothing? Do not hesitate to go, and enter to possess the land.