Numbers 13:23-28

New International Version

²³ When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,^[a](A) 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^(B) and figs.^{(C) 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^(D) they returned from exploring the land.^(E)

Report on the Exploration

²⁶ They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh^(F) in the Desert of Paran.^(G) There they reported to them^(H) and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.^{(I) 27} They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey!^(J) Here is its fruit.^{(K) 28} But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large.^(L) We even saw descendants of Anak^(M) there.^(N)