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Fjórða bók Móse 13
Icelandic Bible
Fjórða bók Móse 13
Icelandic Bible
13 Drottinn talaði við Móse og sagði:
2 "Send þú menn til að kanna Kanaanland, er ég mun gefa Ísraelsmönnum. Þér skuluð senda einn mann af ættkvísl hverri, og sé hver þeirra höfðingi meðal þeirra."
3 Og Móse sendi þá úr Paran-eyðimörk að boði Drottins. Þeir menn voru allir höfuðsmenn meðal Ísraelsmanna,
4 og þessi eru nöfn þeirra: Af ættkvísl Rúbens: Sammúa Sakkúrsson.
5 Af ættkvísl Símeons: Safat Hóríson.
6 Af ættkvísl Júda: Kaleb Jefúnneson.
7 Af ættkvísl Íssakars: Jígeal Jósefsson.
8 Af ættkvísl Efraíms: Hósea Núnsson.
9 Af ættkvísl Benjamíns: Paltí Rafúson.
10 Af ættkvísl Sebúlons: Gaddíel Sódíson.
11 Af ættkvísl Jósefs, af ættkvísl Manasse: Gaddí Súsíson.
12 Af ættkvísl Dans: Ammíel Gemallíson.
13 Af ættkvísl Assers: Setúr Míkaelsson.
14 Af ættkvísl Naftalí: Nakbí Vofsíson.
15 Af ættkvísl Gaðs: Geúel Makíson.
16 Þessi eru nöfn þeirra manna, sem Móse sendi til að kanna landið. En Móse kallaði Hósea Núnsson Jósúa.
17 Móse sendi þá til að kanna Kanaanland og sagði við þá: "Farið þér inn í Suðurlandið og gangið á fjöll upp
18 og skoðið landið, hvernig það er, og fólkið, sem í því býr, hvort það er hraustlegt eða veiklegt, fátt eða margt,
19 og hvernig landið er, sem það býr í, hvort það er gott eða illt, og hvernig bæirnir eru, sem það býr í, hvort það eru tjöld eða víggirtar borgir,
20 og hvernig landið er, hvort það er feitt eða magurt, hvort þar eru skógar eða ekki. Og verið hugrakkir og komið með nokkuð af ávöxtum landsins." En þetta var á öndverðum vínberjatíma.
21 Héldu þeir nú norður eftir og könnuðu landið frá Síneyðimörk allt til Rehób, þangað sem leið liggur til Hamat.
22 Þeir fóru inn í Suðurlandið og komu til Hebron. Þar voru þeir Ahíman, Sesaí og Talmaí Anakssynir (en Hebron var reist sjö árum fyrr en Sóan í Egyptalandi).
23 Þeir komu í Eskóldal og sniðu þar af vínviðargrein með einum vínberjaklasa og báru hann tveir á stöng milli sín, þar að auki nokkur granatepli og nokkrar fíkjur.
24 Var staður þessi kallaður Eskóldalur vegna klasans, sem Ísraelsmenn skáru þar af.
25 Þeir sneru aftur að fjörutíu dögum liðnum og höfðu þá kannað landið.
26 Og þeir héldu heimleiðis og komu til Móse og Arons og alls safnaðar Ísraelsmanna í Paran-eyðimörk, til Kades, og sögðu þeim og öllum söfnuðinum af ferðum sínum og sýndu þeim ávöxtu landsins.
27 Þeir sögðu Móse frá og mæltu: "Vér komum í landið, þangað sem þú sendir oss, og að sönnu flýtur það í mjólk og hunangi, og þetta er ávöxtur þess.
28 En það er hraust þjóð, sem í landinu býr, og borgirnar eru víggirtar og stórar mjög, og Anaks sonu sáum vér þar einnig.
29 Amalekítar byggja Suðurlandið, og Hetítar, Jebúsítar og Amorítar byggja fjalllendið, og Kanaanítar búa við sjóinn og meðfram Jórdan."
30 Kaleb stöðvaði kurr lýðsins gegn Móse og mælti: "Förum þangað og leggjum það undir oss, því að vér munum fá unnið það."
31 En þeir menn, er með honum höfðu farið, sögðu: "Oss er ofvaxið að fara mót þessari þjóð, því að hún er sterkari en vér."
32 Og þeir sem kannað höfðu landið, sögðu Ísraelsmönnum illt af því og mæltu: "Landið, sem vér fórum um til þess að kanna það, er land sem etur upp íbúa sína, og allt fólkið, sem vér sáum þar, eru risavaxnir menn.
33 Og vér sáum þar risa, Anakssonu, sem eru risa ættar, og vér vorum í augum sjálfra vor sem engisprettur, og eins vorum vér í þeirra augum."
Numbers 13
New International Version
Numbers 13
New International Version
Exploring Canaan
13 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Send some men to explore(A) the land of Canaan,(B) which I am giving to the Israelites.(C) From each ancestral tribe(D) send one of its leaders.”
3 So at the Lord’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.(E) 4 These are their names:
from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur;
5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;(F)
7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;(G)
9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
11 from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;
12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;
15 from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.
16 These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore(H) the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun(I) the name Joshua.)(J)
17 When Moses sent them to explore Canaan,(K) he said, “Go up through the Negev(L) and on into the hill country.(M) 18 See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. 19 What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified? 20 How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.(N)” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)(O)
21 So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin(P) as far as Rehob,(Q) toward Lebo Hamath.(R) 22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron,(S) where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai,(T) the descendants of Anak,(U) lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)(V) 23 When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,[a](W) 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(X) and figs.(Y) 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(Z) they returned from exploring the land.(AA)
Report on the Exploration
26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh(AB) in the Desert of Paran.(AC) There they reported to them(AD) and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.(AE) 27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey!(AF) Here is its fruit.(AG) 28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large.(AH) We even saw descendants of Anak(AI) there.(AJ) 29 The Amalekites(AK) live in the Negev; the Hittites,(AL) Jebusites(AM) and Amorites(AN) live in the hill country;(AO) and the Canaanites(AP) live near the sea and along the Jordan.(AQ)”
30 Then Caleb(AR) silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”
31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.”(AS) 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report(AT) about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours(AU) those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.(AV) 33 We saw the Nephilim(AW) there (the descendants of Anak(AX) come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers(AY) in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”
Footnotes
- Numbers 13:23 Eshkol means cluster; also in verse 24.
Numbers 13
King James Version
Numbers 13
King James Version
13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
3 And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
18 And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.
21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, 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.
24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
28 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 Anak there.
29 The Amalekites 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.
30 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.
31 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.
32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children 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.
33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
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