21 So they went up and spied out the land from (A)the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, [a](B)at Lebo-hamath. 22 When they had gone up into (C)the Negev, [b]they came to Hebron where (D)Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the [c]descendants of (E)Anak were. (Hebron was built seven years before (F)Zoan in Egypt.)

23 Then they came to the [d]Valley of [e](G)Eshcol, and from there they cut off 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 [f]Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut off from there.

The Spies’ Reports

25 When they returned from spying out the land, at the end of forty days,

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 13:21 Or to the entrance of Hamath
  2. Numbers 13:22 Most mss one came
  3. Numbers 13:22 Lit sons
  4. Numbers 13:23 Or wadi
  5. Numbers 13:23 I.e., cluster (of grapes)
  6. Numbers 13:24 I.e., cluster

21 So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin(A) as far as Rehob,(B) toward Lebo Hamath.(C) 22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron,(D) where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai,(E) the descendants of Anak,(F) lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)(G) 23 When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,[a](H) they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates(I) and figs.(J) 24 That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there. 25 At the end of forty days(K) they returned from exploring the land.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 13:23 Eshkol means cluster; also in verse 24.