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Numbers 13
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Numbers 13
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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
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Numbers 13
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The Spies Explore Canaan
13 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Send men to ·explore [spy on] the land of Canaan, which I will give to the ·Israelites [L sons/T children of Israel]. Send one leader from each tribe [Deut. 1:19–46].”
3 So Moses obeyed the Lord’s command and sent the ·Israelite leaders [L leaders of the sons/T children of Israel] out from the ·Desert [Wilderness] of Paran. 4 These are their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur; 5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori; 6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; 7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph; 8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun; 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 the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the new name Joshua.)
17 Moses sent them to ·explore [spy on] Canaan and said, “Go through ·southern Canaan [the Negev] and then into the mountains. 18 See what the land looks like. Are the people who live there strong or weak? Are there a few or many? 19 What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What about the towns they live in—are they ·open like camps [unwalled], or do they have walls? 20 What about the soil? Is it ·fertile [rich] or poor? ·Are there trees there [L Does it have trees or not]? ·Try to [or Be courageous and] bring back some of the fruit from that land.” (It was the season for the first grapes.)
21 So they went up and ·explored [spied on] the land, from the ·Desert [Wilderness] of Zin all the way to Rehob by Lebo Hamath. 22 They went through the ·southern area [Negev] to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai [Josh. 15:14; Judg. 1:10; 1 Chr. 9:17], the descendants of Anak lived [Deut. 1:28; 2:10–11, 21; 9:2; Josh. 11:21–22]. (The city of Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 23 In the Valley of Eshcol, they cut off a branch of a grapevine that had one bunch of grapes on it and carried that branch on a pole between two of them. They also got some pomegranates and figs. 24 That place was called the Valley of Eshcol [C “Bunch”], because the ·Israelites [L sons/T children of Israel] cut off the bunch of grapes there. 25 After forty days of ·exploring [spying on] the land, the men returned to the camp.
26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and all the ·Israelites [L community/congregation/assembly of the sons/T children of Israel] at Kadesh, in the ·Desert [Wilderness] of Paran. The men reported to them and showed ·everybody [L all the community/congregation/assembly] the fruit from the land. 27 They ·told [reported to] Moses, “We went to the land where you sent us, and it is a ·fertile land [L land flowing with milk and honey; Ex. 3:8]! Here is some of its fruit. 28 But the people who live there are strong. Their cities are walled and very large. We even saw some Anakites there. 29 The Amalekites live in the ·southern area [Negev; Ex. 17:8–16]; the Hittites, Jebusites [C inhabitants in and around Jerusalem], and Amorites live in the mountains; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan River.”
30 Then Caleb told the people near Moses to be quiet, and he said, “We should certainly go up and take the land for ourselves. We can certainly do it.”
31 But the men who had gone with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.” 32 And those men gave the ·Israelites [L sons/T children of Israel] a bad report about the land they ·explored [spied on], saying, “The land that we ·explored [spied on] ·is too large to conquer [L devours its inhabitants]. All the people we saw are very tall. 33 We saw the Nephilim people there [C perhaps named for the pre-flood people mentioned in Gen. 6:4]. (The Anakites come from the Nephilim people.) We felt like grasshoppers, and we looked like grasshoppers to them.”
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L’entrée en Canaan retardée de quarante ans
L’exploration du pays de Canaan
13 L’Eternel parla à Moïse et dit : 2 Envoie des hommes, un de chaque tribu, choisis parmi les chefs, pour explorer le pays de Canaan que je donne aux Israélites.
3 Moïse envoya des hommes depuis le désert de Parân, comme l’Eternel le lui avait demandé. C’étaient tous des chefs des Israélites. 4 Voici leurs noms :
Pour la tribu de Ruben : Shammoua, fils de Zakkour ;
5 Pour la tribu de Siméon : Shaphath, fils de Hori ;
6 Pour la tribu de Juda : Caleb, fils de Yephounné ;
7 Pour la tribu d’Issacar : Yiguéal, fils de Joseph ;
8 Pour la tribu d’Ephraïm : Osée, fils de Noun ;
9 Pour la tribu de Benjamin : Palti, fils de Raphou ;
10 Pour la tribu de Zabulon : Gaddiel, fils de Sodi ;
11 Pour la tribu de Joseph, c’est-à-dire celle de Manassé : Gaddi, fils de Sousi ;
12 Pour la tribu de Dan : Ammiel, fils de Guemalli ;
13 Pour la tribu d’Aser : Setour, fils de Michaël ;
14 Pour la tribu de Nephtali : Nahbi, fils de Vophsi ;
15 Pour la tribu de Gad : Guéouel, fils de Maki.
16 Tels sont les noms des hommes que Moïse envoya pour explorer le pays. Moïse donna à Osée[a], fils de Noun, le nom de Josué[b].
17 Moïse les envoya donc pour reconnaître le pays de Canaan, en leur disant : Passez par le Néguev, gagnez la région montagneuse 18 et examinez le pays. Voyez comment il se présente et quel peuple l’habite, observez s’il est fort ou faible, nombreux ou pas ; 19 voyez de quel genre est le pays où il habite ; s’il est bon ou mauvais ; et comment sont les villes, si elles sont ouvertes ou fortifiées. 20 La terre est-elle fertile ou pauvre, y trouve-t-on des arbres ou non ? Ayez du courage et rapportez des fruits du pays.
C’était, en effet, l’époque des premiers raisins.
21 Ainsi, ces hommes partirent et explorèrent le pays depuis le désert de Tsîn jusqu’à Rehob, près de Lebo-Hamath[c]. 22 Ils montèrent dans le Néguev et parvinrent à Hébron où vivaient les familles d’Ahimân, de Shéshaï et de Talmaï, descendants d’Anaq[d]. Hébron avait été fondée sept ans avant Tanis[e] en Egypte. 23 Arrivés dans la vallée d’Eshkol, ils coupèrent un sarment de vigne portant une grappe de raisins si lourde qu’ils durent la porter à deux au moyen d’une perche ; ils prirent aussi des grenades et des figues. 24 C’est depuis lors qu’on a nommé ce lieu : la vallée d’Eshkol (de la Grappe) en souvenir de la grappe de raisin que les Israélites y avaient coupée.
Le rapport des envoyés
25 Au bout de quarante jours, ils furent de retour de leur exploration du pays. 26 Ils vinrent trouver Moïse et Aaron et toute la communauté des Israélites dans le désert de Parân à Qadesh, ils leur rendirent compte de leur expédition et leur montrèrent les fruits du pays. 27 Voici le rapport qu’ils firent à Moïse : Nous sommes arrivés dans le pays où tu nous as envoyés. Oui, c’est vraiment un pays ruisselant de lait et de miel[f] ; et en voici les fruits. 28 Seulement, le peuple qui l’habite est terriblement fort, les villes sont d’immenses forteresses, et nous avons même vu des descendants d’Anaq. 29 Les Amalécites occupent la région du Néguev, les Hittites, les Yebousiens et les Amoréens tiennent la montagne, et les Cananéens[g] occupent le littoral de la Méditerranée et toute la vallée du Jourdain.
30 Alors Caleb essaya de faire taire le peuple qui commençait à s’en prendre à Moïse. Il lui dit : Allons-y, faisons la conquête de ce pays, car nous en sommes vraiment capables.
31 Mais les hommes qui l’avaient accompagné disaient : Nous ne sommes pas en mesure d’attaquer ce peuple, car il est plus fort que nous.
32 Puis ils se mirent à décrier le pays qu’ils avaient exploré devant les Israélites, en disant : Le pays que nous avons parcouru et exploré est une terre qui consume ses habitants ; quant à la population que nous y avons vue, ce sont tous des gens très grands. 33 Nous y avons même vu des géants[h], des descendants d’Anaq, de cette race de géants ; à côté d’eux, nous avions l’impression d’être comme des sauterelles, et c’est bien l’effet que nous leur faisions.
Footnotes
- 13.16 Voir v. 8. Osée signifie : Salut.
- 13.16 Voir Ex 17.8-16. Josué signifie : l’Eternel sauve.
- 13.21 Autre traduction : jusqu’à Rehob, à l’entrée de Hamath. Le désert de Tsîn se trouve au sud-est du pays d’Israël, Rehob tout au nord, à l’entrée du territoire de Hamath sur l’Oronte, à quelque 200 kilomètres au nord de Damas : un voyage d’environ 800 kilomètres aller-retour qui leur a pris quarante jours (v. 25).
- 13.22 Anciens habitants de Canaan, décrits comme étant des géants.
- 13.22 Ville fondée vers 1730 av. J.-C.
- 13.27 Voir Ex 3.8.
- 13.29 Noms des différents peuples habitant ce qui deviendra le pays d’Israël. Pour les Hittites, voir note Gn 23.3. Les Yebousiens occupaient la région de la future Jérusalem (Jos 15.63), les Amoréens étaient installés dans les régions montagneuses bordant la vallée du Jourdain (Gn 15.16 ; Nb 21.31).
- 13.33 Voir Gn 6.4.
Numbers 13
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Numbers 13
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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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