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And it came to pass that the people of Israel removed from their place in the wilderness and pitched in the wilderness elsewhere, that the sinsa of Aaron and Miriam be forgotten.
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And there it came to pass that YHVHa spake unto Moses, saying: Send thou men that they may search the land of Canaan which I give unto my children, Israel;
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Of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, except Levi, and everyone a ruler among them; but from Levi thou shall send none.
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And by the instruction of YHVH did Moses sent them from the wilderness; all those men were heads of Israel.
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¶ And these were their names:
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Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, the son of Zaccur;
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Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat, the son of Hori;
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Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh;
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Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal, the son of Joseph;
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Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel, the son of Sodi.
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Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel, the son of Gemalli;
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Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi, the son of Vophsi;
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Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel, the son of Machi.
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Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur, the son of Michael;
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Of the tribe of Joseph, namely of the tribe of Ephraim, Joshua the son of Nun;
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Of the tribe of Joseph, namely of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi, the son of Susi;
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Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti, the son of Raphu;
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These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses called Joshua, the son of Nun, to lead them.
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¶ And it came to pass that Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said unto them: Get you up this way Southwarda, and go up into the mountain, and see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
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And see the land in which they dwell, whether it it be good or bad, fat or lean, and whether there be wood therein or not;
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And see the people of the land, and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents or in strongholds;
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And in this ye shall be of good courage and bring back of the fruit of the land, for now is the time of the first ripe grapes.
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¶ And it came to pass that they went up and searched the land from the wilderness and they ascended by the South;
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And they came unto a brook, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff, and they brought of the pomegranates and of the figs.
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¶ And it came to pass that the men returned from searching of the land after forty daysa;
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And upon their return, they came unto Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of Israel and brought back word unto them and unto all the congregation, and showed unto them the fruit of the land.
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And they spoke unto Moses saying: We came unto the land whither thou sent us; and surely it floweth with milk and honey, and this is the fruit of it;
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Nevertheless, the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled and very great; and, moreover, we saw the children of giantsa there.
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Giants dwell in the land of the south; and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and by the coast of Jordan.
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¶ And Caleb stilled the people before Moses and said: Let us go up at once and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
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But the men that went up with him said: We be not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.
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And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched on behalf of Israel, saying: The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
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And there we saw the giants, and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers; therefore, so would we be in their sight also.
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And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.