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Ang mga Espiya

(Deu. 1:19-33)

13 Miingon ang Ginoo kang Moises, “Pagpadala ug mga tawo sa pagpangispiya sa Canaan—ang yuta nga ihatag ko kaninyong mga Israelinhon. Ang imong ipadala mga pangulo gikan sa kada tribo sa Israel.” Gituman ni Moises ang gisugo kaniya sa Ginoo. Gipaadto niya sa Canaan ang mga pangulo sa mga Israelinhon gikan sa kamingawan sa Paran. 4-15 Mao kini ang mga ngalan sa mga pangulo ug ang tribo nga ilang kagikan:

PanguloTribo
Shamua anak ni ZacurReuben
Shafat anak ni HoriSimeon
Caleb anak ni JefuneJuda
Igal anak ni JoseIsacar
Hosea anak ni NunEfraim
Palti anak ni RafuBenjamin
Gadiel anak ni SodiZebulun
Gadi anak ni SusiManase nga anak ni Jose
Amiel anak ni GemaliDan
Setur anak ni MicaelAsher
Nabi anak ni VofsiNaftali
Geuel anak ni MakiGad

16 Sila ang mga tawo nga gipadala ni Moises sa pagpangispiya sa Canaan. (Giilisan ni Moises ang ngalan ni Hosea nga anak ni Nun ug Josue.)

17 Gipadala sila ni Moises aron sa pagpangispiya sa Canaan uban sa pag-ingon kanila, “Panglakaw kamo paamihan ug adto sa Negev,[a] ngadto sa kabukiran. 18 Susiha ninyo kon unsang matanga kini sa yuta, ug kon ang mga tawo didto kusgan ba o luya, o daghan ba sila o gamay ra. 19 Tan-awa ninyo kon unsang matanga sa yuta ang ilang ginapuy-an—maayo ba o dili. Tan-awa ninyo kon ang ilang mga lungsod napalibotan ba ug paril o wala. 20 Tan-awa ninyo kon tambok ba ang ilang yuta o dili, ug kon may kakahoyan ba o wala. Ug paningkamoti gayod ninyo nga makadala ug mga prutas sa inyong pagbalik.” (Panahon kadto sa tinghinog sa unang bunga sa ubas.)

21 Busa nanglakaw sila ug gisusi nila ang yuta gikan sa kamingawan sa Zin hangtod sa Rehob duol sa Lebo Hamat. 22 Nagsugod sila sa Negev hangtod nga nakaabot sila sa Hebron, diin nagapuyo sila si Ahiman, Sheshai, ug Talmai, nga mga kaliwat ni Anak. (Kining Hebron gitukod pito ka tuig una pa matukod ang Zoan sa Ehipto.) 23 Pag-abot nila sa Lugut sa Eshcol, nagputol silag usa ka pungpong sa ubas ug gidayongan kini ug duha ka tawo tungod sa kabug-at niini. Nagdala usab silag mga prutas nga pomegranata ug igos. 24 Kadto nga dapit gitawag nga Lugut sa Eshcol[b] tungod sa pungpong sa ubas nga giputol sa mga Israelinhon.

25 Human sa 40 ka adlaw nga pagpangispiya sa yuta, mibalik sila 26 kang Moises, Aaron, ug sa tibuok katilingban sa Israel didto sa Kadesh, sa kamingawan sa Paran. Gisulti nila sa tibuok katilingban ang ilang nakita, ug gipakita nila ang ilang dala nga mga prutas. 27 Miingon sila kang Moises, “Nangadto kami sa dapit nga gipaadtoan mo kanamo, ug maayo kini ug mabungahon nga yuta.[c] Ania ang mga prutas. 28 Apan gamhanan ang mga tawo nga nagapuyo didto, ug labihan kadagko ang ilang mga lungsod ug napalibotan kini ug mga paril. Nakita pa gani namo ang mga kaliwat ni Anak. 29 Ang mga Amalekanhon nagapuyo sa Negev; ang mga Hitihanon, mga Jebusihanon, ug ang mga Amorihanon nagapuyo sa bukid; ug ang mga Canaanhon nagapuyo duol sa dagat ug sa daplin sa Suba sa Jordan.”

30 Gipahilom ni Caleb ang mga tawo atubangan ni Moises, ug miingon siya, “Manglakaw kita karon dayon ug ilogon nato ang yuta, kay sigurado gayod nga mailog nato kini.”

31 Apan miingon ang mga tawo nga kauban ni Caleb sa pagpangispiya, “Dili nato makaya ang pagsulong kanila kay mas kusgan sila kay kanato.” 32 Ug mihatag sila ngadto sa mga Israelinhon ug dili maayo nga balita bahin sa yuta nga ilang gisusi. Mao kini ang ilang gisulti, “Ang yuta nga among gisusi dili maayo,[d] gani nagakamatay ang mga nagapuyo didto, ug dugang pa niana, ang mga tawo nga nakita namo didto hilabihan katag-as. 33 May nakita pa gani kaming mga higante,[e] nga mga kaliwat ni Anak. Daw mga apan-apan lang ang among panan-aw sa among kaugalingon kon ikompara kanila, ug mao usab kana ang ilang panan-aw kanamo.”

Footnotes

  1. 13:17 Negev: Ang kayutaan sa habagatan sa Canaan.
  2. 13:24 Eshcol: Ang buot ipasabot, pungpong.
  3. 13:27 maayo… yuta: sa Hebreo, yuta nga nagaagas ang gatas ug dugos.
  4. 13:32 dili maayo: sa literal, nagakaon.
  5. 13:33 higante: sa Hebreo, Nefilim. Tan-awa ang Gen. 6:1-4.

Exploring Canaan

13 The Lord said to Moses, “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.”

So at the Lord’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.(E) These are their names:

from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur;

from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;

from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;(F)

from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;

from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;(G)

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

  1. Numbers 13:23 Eshkol means cluster; also in verse 24.

Spies Sent into Canaan(A)

13 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, (B)“Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.”

So Moses sent them (C)from the Wilderness of Paran according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel. Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur; from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori; (D)from the tribe of Judah, (E)Caleb the son of Jephunneh; from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph; from the tribe of Ephraim, [a]Hoshea the son of Nun; from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu; 10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi; 11 from the tribe of Joseph, that is, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi; 12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli; 13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael; 14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi; 15 from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.

16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to [b]spy out the land. And Moses called (F)Hoshea[c] the son of Nun, Joshua.

17 Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way into the South, and go up to (G)the mountains, 18 and see what the land is like: whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many; 19 whether the land they dwell in is good or bad; whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or strongholds; 20 whether the land is [d]rich or poor; and whether there are forests there or not. (H)Be of good courage. And bring some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.

21 So they went up and spied out the land (I)from the Wilderness of Zin as far as (J)Rehob, near the entrance of (K)Hamath. 22 And they went up through the South and came to (L)Hebron; Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of (M)Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 23 (N)Then they came to the [e]Valley of Eshcol, and there cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they carried it between two of them on a pole. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs. 24 The place was called the Valley of [f]Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down there. 25 And they returned from spying out the land after forty days.

26 Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran, at (O)Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. 27 Then they told him, and said: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly [g]flows with (P)milk and honey, (Q)and this is its fruit. 28 Nevertheless the (R)people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of (S)Anak there. 29 (T)The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.”

30 Then (U)Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”

31 (V)But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.” 32 And they (W)gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and (X)all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature. 33 There we saw the [h]giants ((Y)the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were (Z)like[i] grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were (AA)in their sight.”

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 13:8 LXX, Vg. Oshea
  2. Numbers 13:16 secretly search
  3. Numbers 13:16 LXX, Vg. Oshea
  4. Numbers 13:20 fertile or barren
  5. Numbers 13:23 Wadi
  6. Numbers 13:24 Lit. Cluster
  7. Numbers 13:27 Has an abundance of food
  8. Numbers 13:33 Heb. nephilim
  9. Numbers 13:33 As mere insects

13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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.

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.

And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.

Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.

Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.

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.

Spies Sent into Canaan

13 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, (A)“Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among them.” So Moses sent them from (B)the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel. And these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur; from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori; (C)from the tribe of Judah, (D)Caleb the son of Jephunneh; from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph; from the tribe of Ephraim, (E)Hoshea the son of Nun; from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu; 10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi; 11 from the tribe of Joseph (that is, from the tribe of Manasseh), Gaddi the son of Susi; 12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli; 13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael; 14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi; 15 from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 16 These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called (F)Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.

17 Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said to them, “Go up into (G)the Negeb and go up into (H)the hill country, 18 and see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many, 19 and whether the land that they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell in are camps or strongholds, 20 and whether the land is (I)rich or poor, and whether there are trees in it or not. (J)Be of good courage and bring some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.

21 So they went up and spied out the land (K)from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, (L)near Lebo-hamath. 22 They went up into (M)the Negeb and came to (N)Hebron. (O)Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the (P)descendants of Anak, were there. ((Q)Hebron was built seven years before (R)Zoan in Egypt.) 23 And (S)they came to the Valley of Eshcol and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; they also brought some pomegranates and figs. 24 That place was called the Valley of Eshcol,[a] because of the cluster that the people of Israel cut down from there.

Report of the Spies

25 At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land. 26 And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at (T)Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, “We came to the land to which you sent us. It (U)flows with milk and honey, (V)and this is its fruit. 28 (W)However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there. 29 (X)The Amalekites dwell in the land of the Negeb. The Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country. (Y)And the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan.”

30 But (Z)Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.” 31 (AA)Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are.” 32 So (AB)they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spied out, saying, “The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and (AC)all the people that we saw in it are of great height. 33 And there we saw the (AD)Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the (AE)Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves (AF)like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.”

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 13:24 Eshcol means cluster