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11 ¶ Pèp la te konmanse ap plenyen nan zòrèy Seyè a jan zafè yo pa t' bon. Lè Seyè a tande sa, li fè yon sèl kòlè, li voye dife sou pèp la. Dife a pran nan mitan yo, li boule yon bò nan kan an nèt.

Pèp la rele Moyiz vin delivre yo. Moyiz lapriyè Seyè a pou yo epi dife a sispann.

Se konsa yo rele kote yo te ye a Tabera, paske se la dife Seyè a te pran nan mitan yo a.

¶ Bann moun lòt nasyon ki te la nan mitan pèp Izrayèl la te anvi manje vyann. Pèp la menm te pran plenyen ankò, yo t'ap di: -Ki moun k'ap fè nou jwenn vyann pou nou manje koulye a?

Jan nou te konn manje pwason pou gremesi nan peyi Lejip! Nou chonje kalite bon ti konkonm, melon dlo, powo, zonyon, ak lay nou te konn manje!

Men koulye a, se deperi n'ap deperi. Nou pa gen anyen pou nou manje, anyen menm pase laman lan ki devan je nou tout tan!

Laman lan te gen fòm grenn pitimi, li te blan epi ou ta di se gonm arabik.

Pèp la ale toupatou, li ranmase yo. Apre sa, oubyen li te pase yo nan moulen wòch, oubyen li te pile yo nan pilon pou fè farin. Lèfini, yo kwit li nan chodyè, yo fè gato plat avè l'. Li te gen menm gou avèk pen ki fèt ak lwil oliv.

Se lannwit laman lan te konn tonbe nan kan an, menm lè ak lawouze.

10 Moyiz te tande jan pèp la t'ap plenyen, chak moun ak fanmi yo devan papòt tant yo. Seyè a te fache anpil sou moun yo. Sa te fè Moyiz lapenn.

11 Lè sa a, Moyiz di Seyè a konsa: -Poukisa ou aji mal avè m' konsa? Kisa m' fè ki pa fè ou plezi? Poukisa ou mete tout pèp sa a sou kont mwen?

12 Eske se mwen ki papa yo? Eske se mwen ki manman yo? Poukisa w'ap mande m' pou mwen pote yo sou lestonmak mwen tankou nouris k'ap bay timoun tete, jouk yo rive nan peyi ou te pwomèt zansèt yo ou t'ap ba yo a?

13 Kote pou m' jwenn vyann pou m' bay tout moun sa yo? Y'ap plede plenyen nan zòrèy mwen, y'ap mande m' pou m' ba yo vyann pou yo manje.

14 Mwen pa kapab reskonsab tout pèp sa a pou kont mwen. Chay la twò lou pou mwen.

15 Si se konsa w'ap aji avè m', tanpri, fè m' favè sa a: pito ou tou touye m' fin ak sa, pou m' pa wè m'ap pase tout malè sa a.

16 ¶ Seyè a di Moyiz konsa: -Sanble swasanndis nan chèf fanmi pèp Izrayèl la, moun ou konnen ki gen otorite sou pèp la, ki konn bout yo. Mennen yo nan Tant Randevou a. Fè yo rete kanpe la avèk ou.

17 M'ap desann epi m'a pale avè ou. M'a pran ti gout nan lespri mwen te ba ou a, m'a ba yo. Konsa, y'a ede ou pote reskonsablite pèp la, ou p'ap pote chay la pou kont ou ankò.

18 W'a di pèp la menm: Pran nwit la pou nou pare kò nou pou nou ka fè sèvis pou mwen denmen maten. Epi n'a jwenn vyann pou nou manje. Seyè a te tande jan nou t'ap plenyen nan zòrèy li, jan nou t'ap di nou ta renmen jwenn vyann pou nou manje. Nou te pi bon lè nou te nan peyi Lejip. Koulye a, Seyè a pral ban nou vyann. Se pou nou manje l' ban mwen.

19 Se pa sèlman yon jou, ni de jou, ni senk jou, ni dis jou, ni vin jou n'a jwenn vyann sa a pou nou manje.

20 Se va pandan tout yon mwa. N'a gen pou nou manje l' jouk l'a soti nan twou nen nou, jouk n'a rebite l', paske nou te vire do bay Bondye ki te la nan mitan nou an, nou t'ap plenyen nan zòrèy li, nou t'ap di nou pa t' dwe janm soti kite peyi Lejip.

21 Moyiz di Seyè a: -Se sisanmil (600.000) moun wi ki sou kont mwen. Epi ou di w'ap ba yo vyann kont pou yo manje yon mwa.

22 Kote pou yo jwenn kantite mouton ak bèf pou touye ki pou ta kont pou yo? Si yo ta ka ranmase tout pwason ki nan lanmè, ou kwè li ta ase pou yo?

23 Seyè a di Moyiz: -Pa gen bagay mwen vle fè mwen pa ka fè! Talè konsa w'a wè si sa m' di a p'ap rive vre.

24 ¶ Se konsa Moyiz soti, li di pèp la tou sa Seyè a te di l'. Li pran swasanndis nan chèf fanmi pèp Izrayèl la, li mete yo kanpe fè wonn kay Bondye a.

25 Seyè a desann nan yon nwaj, li pale ak Moyiz ankò. Apre sa, li pran ti gout nan lespri li te bay Moyiz la, li bay swasanndis chèf yo. Lè lespri a vin sou yo, yo tonbe pale tankou pwofèt yo sou tout kalite bagay. Apre sa, yo sispann.

26 Te gen de nan chèf fanmi yo te chwazi yo ki te rete nan kan an. Yo pa t' ale nan kay Bondye a. Yonn te rele Eldad, lòt la Medad. Lespri a te desann sou yo tou, yo t'ap pale pawòl Bondye a byen fò nan kan an.

27 Yon jenn gason kouri al di Moyiz men Eldad ak Medad ap pale pawòl Bondye a byen fò nan kan an.

28 Lè sa a Jozye, pitit gason Noun lan, ki te adjwen Moyiz nan tou sa l' t'ap fè depi li te jenn tibway, pran lapawòl, li pale ak Moyiz, li di l' konsa: -Msye Moyiz, fè yo sispann non!

29 Moyiz reponn li: -Kouman? Ou gen lè w'ap fè jalouzi pou mwen? Pa pito Seyè a te mete lespri l' sou tout pèp la pou yo te ka pale tankou pwofèt!

30 Apre sa, Moyiz tounen nan kan an ansanm ak swasanndis chèf fanmi yo.

31 ¶ Apre sa, Seyè a fè yon sèl van soufle sot nan lanmè, li bwote yon bann zòtolan ki vin tonbe toupatou nan kan kote moun yo te rete a ak toutotou kan an. Yon moun ta gen dwa mache tout yon jounen nan nenpòt direksyon anvan pou l' ta kite kote zòtolan yo te tonbe a. Zòtolan yo te fè pil rive twa pye wotè sou tè a.

32 Pèp la pase tout jounen an, tout nwit la, ak tout jounen denmen an ap ranmase zòtolan. Sa ki te ranmase pi piti a te ranmase dis barik pou tèt pa l'. Yo blayi yo atè toupatou nan kan an pou mete yo cheche.

33 Yo te fèk konmanse manje vyann, lè Seyè a fè kòlè sou pèp la, li lage yon sèl epidemi sou yo pou pini yo.

34 Yo rele kote sa a: Simityè Grangou, paske se la yo te antere tout moun nan pèp la ki t'ap plenyen pou vyann.

35 Apre sa, pèp la kite Simityè Grangou kote yo te ye a, yo pati pou Azewòt kote yo moute kay yo.

12 ¶ Moyiz te marye ak yon fanm peyi Etiopi. Miryam ak Arawon t'ap pale Moyiz mal sou sa.

Yo t'ap di konsa: -Eske se sèlman Moyiz Seyè a te pran pou pale ak pèp la? Eske li pa konn pale ak nou pou pèp la tou? Seyè a tande sa yo t'ap di a.

Men Moyiz se yon nonm ki pa t' grandizè. pa t' gen pase l' sou latè.

¶ Seyè a rete konsa li pale ak Moyiz, Arawon ak Miryam, li di yo: -Nou twa sa yo, soti non. Ale nan Tant Randevou a. Yo twa a ale vre.

Seyè a desann nan yon gwo nwaj ki te gen fòm yon poto. Li kanpe nan papòt tant lan, li rele Arawon ak Miryam ki pwoche vin jwenn li.

Li di yo konsa: -Tande byen sa m'ap di nou la a. Lè gen yon pwofèt nan mitan nou, se nan vizyon mwen fè l' wè mwen, se nan rèv mwen pale avè l'.

Men, se pa menm bagay la ak Moyiz, sèvitè m' lan. Li se sèl moun mwen fè konfyans nan mitan tout pèp la.

Mwen pale avè l' aklè, mwen pa ba li parabòl. Mwen fè l' wè mwen. Ki jan nou fè penmèt nou pale Moyiz, sèvitè m' lan, mal?

Seyè a te fè yon sèl fache sou yo, epi l' ale.

10 ¶ Nwaj la leve anwo tant lan, l' ale. Menm lè a, yon sèl maladi tonbe sou Miryam: tout po kò l' vin blanch kou koton. Arawon gade Miryam, li wè Miryam te kouvri ak bouton sou tout po li.

11 Arawon di Moyiz konsa: -Tanpri, mèt mwen. Pa kite nou peye pou sa nou fè a. Tèt nou pa t' la!

12 Tanpri, pa kite Miryam tounen tankou yon tibebe ki fèt tou mouri ak tout mwatye nan kò l' manje.

13 Se konsa, Moyiz rele nan pye Bondye, li di l' konsa: -Bondye, tanpri, geri l' non!

14 Men, Seyè a di Moyiz: -Si se te papa l' ki te krache nan figi l', li t'ap blije pote wont la pandan sèt jou, pa vre? Enben, se pou yo fèmen l' pou kont li pandan sèt jou yon kote andeyò limit kan an. Apre sa, y'a kite l' tounen.

15 Yo fèmen Miryam pou kont li pandan sèt jou yon kote andeyò limit kan an. Pèp la pa t' leve pati toutotan yo pa t' kite Miryam tounen nan kan an ankò.

16 Apre sa, pèp la kite Azewòt kote yo te ye a, yo pati al moute tant yo nan dezè Paran an.

13 ¶ Seyè a pale ak Moyiz, li di l' konsa:

-Ou pral chwazi douz nan chèf fanmi pèp Izrayèl yo, yonn pou chak branch fanmi. Ou pral voye yo pou y' al wè ki jan peyi Kanaran an ye, peyi m'ap bay moun Izrayèl yo.

Dapre lòd Moyiz te resevwa nan men Seyè a, li pran douz gason ki te chèf fanmi nan pèp Izrayèl la. Antan li te nan dezè Paran an, li voye yo al rekonèt peyi a.

Men non yo: Pou branch Woubenn lan, se te Chamwa, pitit gason Zakou a.

Pou branch fanmi Simeyon an, se te Chafa, pitit gason Ori a.

Pou branch fanmi Jida a, se te Kalèb, pitit gason Jefoune a.

Pou branch fanmi Isaka a, se te Jigal, pitit gason Jozèf la.

Pou branch fanmi Efrayim lan, se te Oze, pitit gason Noun lan.

Pou branch fanmi Benjamen an, se te Palti, pitit gason Rafou a.

10 Pou branch fanmi Zabilon an, se te Gadiyèl, pitit gason Sodi a.

11 Pou branch fanmi Jozèf la, nan branch Manase a, se te Gadi, pitit gason Souzi a.

12 Pou branch fanmi Dann lan, se te Amiyèl, pitit gason Jemali a.

13 Pou branch fanmi Asè a, se te Setou, pitit gason Mikayèl la.

14 Pou branch fanmi Neftali a, se te Nakbi, pitit gason Wopsi a.

15 Pou branch fanmi Gad la, se te Geouyèl, pitit gason Maki a.

16 Se te non douz mesye Moyiz te voye al rekonèt peyi Kanaran an. Moyiz te chanje non Oze, pitit gason Noun lan, li rele l' Jozye.

17 Lè Moyiz voye yo ale nan peyi Kanaran an, li di yo: -Moute nan peyi a. N'a pase pa Negèv la, n'a pran chemen mòn pou nou.

18 Ale gade peyi a. Chache konnen ki jan li ye, ki kalite moun ki rete ladan l', konbe yo ye, ak ki fòs yo.

19 Chache konnen si tè a se yon bon tè osinon yon move tè, si moun yo rete nan lavil ki gen ranpa pou pwoteje yo osinon nan kan anba tant twal.

20 Chache konnen si peyi a rich osinon pòv, si gen anpil pyebwa sou tè a ou si pa genyen. Nou pa bezwen pè anyen. Lè n'ap tounen, pote kèk nan fwi ki donnen laba a. Se te sezon rezen te konmanse ap mi.

21 ¶ Se konsa mesye yo moute, y' al chache konnen tout bagay ki gen nan peyi a, depi dezè Zin ki nan sid peyi a rive jouk Reyòb toupre pas Amat la, nan nò.

22 Yo travèse zòn Negèv la, yo rive lavil Ebwon kote moun Ayiman yo, moun Chechayi yo ak moun Talmayi yo rete. Yo tout te fè pati ras moun Anak yo. Ebwon sa a, se yon lavil ki te bati sètan anvan yo te bati lavil Zoan nan peyi Lejip.

23 Yo rive nan ravin Echkòl, yo koupe yon branch rezen ki te gen yon sèl gwo grap rezen nan li. Yo mete l' sou yon gòl pou de moun te ka pote l' sou zepòl yo, si tèlman li te lou. Yo pote grenad ak fig frans tou.

24 Yo rele kote sa a Ravin Echkòl, poutèt gwo grap rezen moun pèp Izrayèl yo te koupe la a.

25 Apre karant jou, lè yo fin vizite toupatou nan peyi a, yo tounen,

26 ¶ yo vin jwenn Moyiz, Arawon ak tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo Kadès, nan dezè Paran an. Yo detaye ba yo tou sa yo te wè, yo moutre yo fwi yo te pote yo.

27 Yo di Moyiz konsa: -Nou vizite toupatou nan peyi ou te voye nou al chache konnen an. Se yon peyi ki rich anpil, kote lèt ak siwo myèl koule tankou dlo. Se vre wi. Gade fwi nou jwenn ladan l'.

28 Men, moun ki rete nan peyi a gwonèg anpil. Lavil yo gran, yo byen pwoteje. Sa ki pi rèd nou wè yon kalite ras moun gwonèg bèl wotè.

29 Moun Amalèk yo rete nan sid peyi a, nan zòn Negèv la. Moun It yo, moun Jebis yo ak moun Amon yo rete nan mòn yo. Moun Kanaran yo rete bò lanmè Mediterane a ak bò larivyè Jouden an.

30 Kalèb fè moun yo sispann bougonnen sou do Moyiz, li di yo konsa: -Ann moute koulye a. Ann al pran peyi a pou nou. Pa gen anyen la a nou pa ka fè!

31 Men mesye ki te moute ansanm ak Kalèb yo di konsa: -Non. Nou pa ka al atake moun sa yo. Yo pi fò pase nou.

32 Se konsa yo pran pale mal sou peyi yo te al vizite a devan pèp Izrayèl la. Yo t'ap di: -Peyi nou ta l' vizite a, peyi nou ta l' chache konnen an, se yon peyi ki pa menm bay kont manje pou moun k'ap viv sou li yo. Epi, tout moun nou wè la se moun ki wo anpil.

33 Sa ki pi rèd, nou wè yon kalite gwonèg bèl wotè, moun ras Anak yo. Devan moun sa yo se krebete nou ye, tèlman nou piti. Se konsa nou te santi nou devan yo.

Fire From the Lord

11 Now the people complained(A) about their hardships in the hearing of the Lord,(B) and when he heard them his anger was aroused.(C) Then fire from the Lord burned among them(D) and consumed(E) some of the outskirts of the camp. When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed(F) to the Lord(G) and the fire died down. So that place was called Taberah,[a](H) because fire from the Lord had burned among them.(I)

Quail From the Lord

The rabble with them began to crave other food,(J) and again the Israelites started wailing(K) and said, “If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.(L) But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!(M)

The manna was like coriander seed(N) and looked like resin.(O) The people went around gathering it,(P) and then ground it in a hand mill or crushed it in a mortar. They cooked it in a pot or made it into loaves. And it tasted like something made with olive oil. When the dew(Q) settled on the camp at night, the manna also came down.

10 Moses heard the people of every family wailing(R) at the entrance to their tents. The Lord became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled. 11 He asked the Lord, “Why have you brought this trouble(S) on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me?(T) 12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant,(U) to the land you promised on oath(V) to their ancestors?(W) 13 Where can I get meat for all these people?(X) They keep wailing to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’ 14 I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me.(Y) 15 If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me(Z)—if I have found favor in your eyes—and do not let me face my own ruin.”

16 The Lord said to Moses: “Bring me seventy of Israel’s elders(AA) who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people.(AB) Have them come to the tent of meeting,(AC) that they may stand there with you. 17 I will come down and speak with you(AD) there, and I will take some of the power of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them.(AE) They will share the burden of the people with you so that you will not have to carry it alone.(AF)

18 “Tell the people: ‘Consecrate yourselves(AG) in preparation for tomorrow, when you will eat meat. The Lord heard you when you wailed,(AH) “If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!”(AI) Now the Lord will give you meat,(AJ) and you will eat it. 19 You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, ten or twenty days, 20 but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it(AK)—because you have rejected the Lord,(AL) who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”’”(AM)

21 But Moses said, “Here I am among six hundred thousand men(AN) on foot, and you say, ‘I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!’ 22 Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?”(AO)

23 The Lord answered Moses, “Is the Lord’s arm too short?(AP) Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.(AQ)

24 So Moses went out and told the people what the Lord had said. He brought together seventy of their elders and had them stand around the tent. 25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud(AR) and spoke with him,(AS) and he took some of the power of the Spirit(AT) that was on him and put it on the seventy elders.(AU) When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied(AV)—but did not do so again.

26 However, two men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but did not go out to the tent. Yet the Spirit also rested on them,(AW) and they prophesied in the camp. 27 A young man ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”

28 Joshua son of Nun,(AX) who had been Moses’ aide(AY) since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”(AZ)

29 But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets(BA) and that the Lord would put his Spirit(BB) on them!”(BC) 30 Then Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.

31 Now a wind went out from the Lord and drove quail(BD) in from the sea. It scattered them up to two cubits[b] deep all around the camp, as far as a day’s walk in any direction. 32 All that day and night and all the next day the people went out and gathered quail. No one gathered less than ten homers.[c] Then they spread them out all around the camp. 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth(BE) and before it could be consumed, the anger(BF) of the Lord burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.(BG) 34 Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah,[d](BH) because there they buried the people who had craved other food.

35 From Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth(BI) and stayed there.

Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses

12 Miriam(BJ) and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife,(BK) for he had married a Cushite. “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses?” they asked. “Hasn’t he also spoken through us?”(BL) And the Lord heard this.(BM)

(Now Moses was a very humble man,(BN) more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)

At once the Lord said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, “Come out to the tent of meeting, all three of you.” So the three of them went out. Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud;(BO) he stood at the entrance to the tent and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When the two of them stepped forward, he said, “Listen to my words:

“When there is a prophet among you,
    I, the Lord, reveal(BP) myself to them in visions,(BQ)
    I speak to them in dreams.(BR)
But this is not true of my servant Moses;(BS)
    he is faithful in all my house.(BT)
With him I speak face to face,
    clearly and not in riddles;(BU)
    he sees the form of the Lord.(BV)
Why then were you not afraid
    to speak against my servant Moses?”(BW)

The anger of the Lord burned against them,(BX) and he left them.(BY)

10 When the cloud lifted from above the tent,(BZ) Miriam’s skin was leprous[e]—it became as white as snow.(CA) Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had a defiling skin disease,(CB) 11 and he said to Moses, “Please, my lord, I ask you not to hold against us the sin we have so foolishly committed.(CC) 12 Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother’s womb with its flesh half eaten away.”

13 So Moses cried out to the Lord, “Please, God, heal her!(CD)

14 The Lord replied to Moses, “If her father had spit in her face,(CE) would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Confine her outside the camp(CF) for seven days; after that she can be brought back.” 15 So Miriam was confined outside the camp(CG) for seven days,(CH) and the people did not move on till she was brought back.

16 After that, the people left Hazeroth(CI) and encamped in the Desert of Paran.(CJ)

Exploring Canaan

13 The Lord said to Moses, “Send some men to explore(CK) the land of Canaan,(CL) which I am giving to the Israelites.(CM) From each ancestral tribe(CN) 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.(CO) 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;(CP)

from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;

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

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(CR) the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun(CS) the name Joshua.)(CT)

17 When Moses sent them to explore Canaan,(CU) he said, “Go up through the Negev(CV) and on into the hill country.(CW) 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.(CX)” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)(CY)

21 So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin(CZ) as far as Rehob,(DA) toward Lebo Hamath.(DB) 22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron,(DC) where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai,(DD) the descendants of Anak,(DE) lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)(DF) 23 When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,[f](DG) 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(DH) and figs.(DI) 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(DJ) they returned from exploring the land.(DK)

Report on the Exploration

26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh(DL) in the Desert of Paran.(DM) There they reported to them(DN) and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.(DO) 27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey!(DP) Here is its fruit.(DQ) 28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large.(DR) We even saw descendants of Anak(DS) there.(DT) 29 The Amalekites(DU) live in the Negev; the Hittites,(DV) Jebusites(DW) and Amorites(DX) live in the hill country;(DY) and the Canaanites(DZ) live near the sea and along the Jordan.(EA)

30 Then Caleb(EB) 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.”(EC) 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report(ED) about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours(EE) those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.(EF) 33 We saw the Nephilim(EG) there (the descendants of Anak(EH) come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers(EI) in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:3 Taberah means burning.
  2. Numbers 11:31 That is, about 3 feet or about 90 centimeters
  3. Numbers 11:32 That is, possibly about 1 3/4 tons or about 1.6 metric tons
  4. Numbers 11:34 Kibroth Hattaavah means graves of craving.
  5. Numbers 12:10 The Hebrew for leprous was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
  6. Numbers 13:23 Eshkol means cluster; also in verse 24.