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Bamidbar 13

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The Reconnaissance of Kena'an

And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 spake unto Mushah, saying,
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"Send thou men, that they may search the land of Kena'an, which I give unto the children of Yashar'al: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them."
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And Mushah by the commandment of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Yashar'al.
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The Names of the Spies

And these were their names: of the tribe of Ra'uban, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
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Of the tribe of Sham'un, Shaphat the son of Hori.
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Of the tribe of Yahudah, Kalab the son of Yephunneh.
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Of the tribe of Yashakar, Igal the son of Yusaph.
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Of the tribe of Aphrayiym, Oshea the son of Nun.
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Of the tribe of Binyamiyn, Palti the son of Raphu.
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Of the tribe of Zabalun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
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Of the tribe of Yusaph, namely, of the tribe of Manashah, Gaddi the son of Susi.
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Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
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Of the tribe of Ashar, Shatur the son of Michael.
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Of the tribe of Naphtaliy, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
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Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
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The Name Change

These are the names of the men which Mushah sent to spy out the land. And Mushah called Oshea the son of Nun Yahushua.
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The Instructions of Mushah

And Mushah sent them to spy out the land of Kena'an, and said unto them, "Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:"
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"And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;"
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"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;"
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"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.
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The Journey of the Spies

So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
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And they ascended by the south, and came unto Chabrun; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Chabrun was built seven years before Zoan in Mitzrayim.)
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The Grapes of Eshcol

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.
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The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Yashar'al cut down from thence.
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And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
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The Conflict of Reports

And they went and came to Mushah, and to Aharon, and to all the congregation of the children of Yashar'al, 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.
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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."
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The Fear of the Giants

"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."
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"The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Yebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Kena'anites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Yardan."
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The Courage of Kalab

And Kalab stilled the people before Mushah, and said, "Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it."
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The Evil Report

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."
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And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Yashar'al, 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."
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The Grasshopper Frequency

"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."