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Numbers 13
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Numbers 13
1599 Geneva Bible
13 4 Certain men are sent to search the land of Canaan. 24 They bring of the fruit of the land. 31 Caleb comforteth the people against the discouraging of the other spies.
1 Then afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of [a]Paran.
2 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
3 [b]Send thou men out to search the land of Canaan which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, such as are all rulers among them.
4 Then Moses sent them out of the wilderness of Paran at the commandment of the Lord: all those men were [c]heads of the children of Israel.
5 Also their names are these: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur:
6 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori:
7 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh:
8 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph:
9 Of the tribe of Ephraim, [d]Hoshea the son of Nun:
10 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu:
11 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi:
12 Of the tribe of Joseph, to wit, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi:
13 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli:
14 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael:
15 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi:
16 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
17 These are the names of the [e]men, which Moses sent to spy out the land: and Moses called the name of Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.
18 So Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way toward the South, and go up into the [f]mountains.
19 And consider the land what it is, and the people that dwell therein, whether they be strong, or weak, either few or many.
20 Also what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be [g]good or bad: and what cities they be, that they dwell in, whether they dwell in tents, or in walled towns.
21 And what the land is: whether it be fat or lean, whether there be trees therein, or not. And be of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land (for then was the time of the first ripe grapes.)
22 ¶ So they went up, and searched out the land, from the wilderness of [h]Zin unto Rehob, to go to Hamath.
23 And they ascended toward the South, and came unto Hebron, where were Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the sons of [i]Anak. And [j]Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
24 (A)Then they came to the river of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it upon a bar between two, and brought of the pomegranates and of the figs.
25 That place was called the [k]river Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes, which the children of Israel cut down thence.
26 Then after forty days they turned again from searching of the land.
27 And they went and came to Moses and to Aaron, and unto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, in the wilderness of [l]Paran, to Kadesh, and brought to them, and to all the Congregation tidings, and showed them the fruit of the land.
28 And they told [m]him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou hast sent us, and surely it floweth with (B)milk and honey: and here is of the fruit of it.
29 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled and exceeding great: and moreover, we saw the [n]sons of Anak there.
30 The Amalekites dwell in the South country, and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coasts of Jordan.
31 Then Caleb stilled the people [o]before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it: for undoubtedly we shall overcome it.
32 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.
33 So they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched for the children of Israel, saying, The land which we have gone through to search it out, is a land that [p]eateth up the inhabitants thereof: for all the people that we saw in it, are men of great stature.
34 For there we saw giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants, so that we seemed in our sight like grasshoppers: and so we were in their sight.
Footnotes
- Numbers 13:1 That is, in Rithmah, which was in Paran, Num. 33:18.
- Numbers 13:3 After the people had required it of Moses, as it is in Deut. 1:22, then the Lord spake to Moses so to do.
- Numbers 13:4 Or, rulers.
- Numbers 13:9 Or, Joshua.
- Numbers 13:17 Which in number were twelve, according to the twelve tribes.
- Numbers 13:18 Or, his country.
- Numbers 13:20 Plentiful or barren.
- Numbers 13:22 Which was in the wilderness of Paran.
- Numbers 13:23 Which were a kind of giants.
- Numbers 13:23 Declaring the antiquity thereof: also Abraham, Sarah, Isaac and Jacob were buried there.
- Numbers 13:25 Or, the valley of Eshcol, that is, of grapes.
- Numbers 13:27 Called also Kadesh Barnea.
- Numbers 13:28 That is, Moses.
- Numbers 13:29 Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, whom Caleb slew afterward, Josh. 11:21, 22.
- Numbers 13:31 Or, murmuring against Moses.
- Numbers 13:33 The giants were so cruel, that they spoiled and killed one another and those that came to them.
4 Moseboken 13
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4 Moseboken 13
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13 Sedan bröt folket upp från Haserot och slog läger i öknen Paran.
De tolv spejarna
2 Herren sade till Mose: 3 (A) ”Sänd ut män för att speja i Kanaans land som jag ger åt Israels barn. En man för varje fädernestam ska ni sända. Var och en av dem ska vara en ledare.” 4 På Herrens befallning sände Mose ut dem från öknen Paran[a]. Alla var huvudmän bland Israels barn. 5 Deras namn var:
Av Rubens stam:
Shammua, Sackurs son,
6 av Simeons stam: Shafat, Horis son,
7 av Juda stam: Kaleb, Jefunnes son,
8 av Isaskars stam: Jigal, Josefs son,
9 av Efraims stam: Hosea, Nuns son,
10 av Benjamins stam: Palti, Rafus son,
11 av Sebulons stam: Gaddiel, Sodis son,
12 av Josefs stam, av Manasse stam:
Gaddi, Susis son,
13 av Dans stam: Ammiel, Gemallis son,
14 av Ashers stam: Setur, Mikaels son,
15 av Naftali stam: Nahbi, Vofsis son,
16 av Gads stam: Geuel, Makis son.
17 Dessa var namnen på de män som Mose sände i väg för att speja i landet. Men Mose gav Hosea[b], Nuns son, namnet Josua.
18 Mose sände i väg dem för att speja i Kanaans land och sade till dem: ”Dra upp till Negev och vidare upp till Bergsbygden. 19 Se efter hur landet är, om folket som bor där är starkt eller svagt, om de är få eller många, 20 om landet där de bor är gott eller dåligt, om städerna där de bor är som läger eller om de är befästa, 21 om jorden är fet eller mager och om det finns träd där eller inte. Visa er modiga och ta med er hit av landets frukt.” Det var den tid då de första druvorna mognade.
22 De gav sig av och spejade i landet från öknen Zin ända till Rehob där vägen går till Hamat[c].
23 (B) De drog upp till Negev och kom till Hebron. Där bodde Ahiman, Sheshaj och Talmaj, Anaks avkomlingar. – Hebron byggdes sju år före Soan[d] i Egypten. – 24 (C) De kom till Druvdalen. Där skar de av en gren med en ensam druvklase. Den bars sedan på en stång av två man. Dessutom tog de granatäpplen och fikon. 25 Platsen kallades sedan Druvdalen på grund av den druvklase som Israels barn skar av där.
26 Efter fyrtio dagar vände de tillbaka sedan de hade spejat i landet. 27 De gav sig i väg och kom till Mose och Aron och hela Israels församling i öknen Paran i Kadesh,[e] där de avgav rapport för dem och hela församlingen och visade dem landets frukt. 28 Och de sade till Mose: ”Vi kom till det land som du sände oss till. Det flödar verkligen av mjölk och honung, och här är frukt därifrån. 29 Men folket som bor i landet är starkt, och städerna är befästa och mycket stora. Dessutom såg vi avkomlingar av Anak där. 30 Amalekiterna bor i Negev, hetiterna, jebusiterna och amoreerna bor i bergsbygden, och kananeerna bor vid havet och utmed Jordan.”
31 Men Kaleb[f] lugnade folket inför Mose och sade: ”Låt oss genast dra dit upp och inta landet. Sannerligen, vi kan göra det!”
32 Men männen som hade gått upp med honom sade: ”Vi kan inte dra upp mot det folket, för de är för starka för oss.” 33 Inför Israels barn talade de illa om landet där de hade spejat och sade: ”Landet som vi har vandrat igenom och spejat i är ett land som förtär sina inbyggare, och allt folk som vi såg där var resliga män. 34 (D) Vi såg också jättarna där – Anaks barn[g] kom från jättestammen – och vi var som gräshoppor i våra egna ögon, och så var vi också i deras ögon.”
Footnotes
- 13:4 öknen Paran Någonstans i trakten omkring södra Negevöknen.
- 13:17 Hosea ... Josua Betyder ”frälsning” och ”Herren är frälsning” (samma namn som Jesus).
- 13:22 från öknen Zin ända till Rehob där vägen går till Hamat Från Negev i söder till norra Israel mot Libanon.
- 13:23 Soan Stad i östra Nildeltat där israeliterna hade bott (Ps 78:12).
- 13:26 Kadesh Vattenrik oas ca 8 mil söder om Hebron, vid landets sydgräns (5 Mos 1:19).
- 13:31 Kaleb Betyder ”hund”. Han fick senare inta Hebron och bosätta sig där (Jos 14:6f).
- 13:34 jättarna … Anaks barn Hebr. nefilím, ”de fallna” (jfr 1 Mos 6:4), berömda högresta kämpar. Jättelika kananeiska krigare nämns i den egyptiska Anastasipapyren från 1200-talet f Kr.
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.
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