AnoteAnd the LORDE spake vnto Moses, ∧
sayde: Sende forth men to spye out þe;
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lande of Canaan (which I wil geue vnto þe;
children of Israel) of euery trybe of their fathers
a man, and let them all be soch as are
captaynes amonge them. Moses sent th&ebar; out
of the wildernes of Paran, acordinge to the
worde of the LORDE, soch as were all heades
amonge the children of Israel, and these
are their names:
Samma the sonne of Zacur, of the trybe
of Ruben. Saphat the sonne of Hori, of the
trybe of Simeon. Caleb þe; sonne of Iephune,
of the trybe of Iuda. Igeal the sonne of
Ioseph, of the trybe of Isachar. Hosea the
sonne of Nun, of þe; trybe of Ephraim. Palti
the sonne of Raphu, of the trybe of Ben
Iamin. Gadiel the sonne of Sodi, of þe; trybe
of Zabulon. Gaddi the sonne of Susi, of
the trybe of Ioseph of Manasse. Ammiel
the sonne of Gemalli, of the trybe of Dan.
Sethur þe; sonne of Michael, of the trybe of
Asser. Nahebi the sonne of Vaphsi, of the
trybe of Nephtali. Guel the sonne of Machi,
of the trybe of Gad. These are the names
of the men, whom Moses sent forth to
spye out the lande. As for Hosea the sonne of
Nun, Moses called him Iosua.
B Now whan Moses sent th&ebar; forth to spye
out the lande of Canaan, he sayde vnto th&ebar;:
Go vp southwarde, and get you vp to the
mountaynes, and loke vpon the londe how
it is: and the people that dwell therin, whether
they be stronge or weake, fewe or many:
and what maner of lande it is that they
dwell in, whether it be good or bad: ∧ what
maner of cities they be that they dwell in,
whether they be fenced with walles, or not:
and what maner of lande it is, whether it
be fatt or leane, and whether there be trees
therin, or not. Be of a good corage, and bringe
of the frutes of the londe. It was euen
aboute the tyme, that grapes are first rype.
They wente vp, ∧ spyed the lande, from
þe; wildernes of Zin; vntyll Rehob, as m&ebar; go
vnto Hemath. They wente vp also towarde
the south, and came vnto Hebron, where
Ahiman was, and Sesai and Thalmai, the
children of Enack (Hebron was buylded seuen
yeare before Zoan in Egipte.)
C And they came to the ryuer of Escol, and
there they cut downe a cluster of grapes,
and caused two to beare it vpon a staffe,
pomgranates also and fygges. note The place
is called the ryuer of Escol, because of the
cluster of grapes, which the children of Israel
cut downe there.
And whan they had spyed out the lande,
they turned bake againe after fourtye daies,
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and wente, and came to Moses and Aaron,
∧ to the whole congregacion of þe; children
of Israel in to þe; wyldernesse of Paran, eu&ebar;
vnto Cades, and brought them worde agayne,
and to the whole congregacion, how it
stode, and let them se the frute of the lande,
and tolde them, and sayde: We came in to
þe; lande, whither ye sent vs, where it floweth
with mylke and hony, and this is the frute
therof: sauynge that stronge people dwell
therin, and the cities are exceadinge stronge
and greate. And we sawe the children of
Enack there also. The Amalechites dwell
in the south countre, the Hethites, and Iebusites
and Amorites dwell vpon the mountaynes,
but the Cananites dwell by the see,
and aboute Iordane.
D Howbeit Caleb stylled þe; people that was
agaynst Moses, and sayde vnto them: Let
vs go vp, and conquere the lande, for we are
able to ouercome it. But the men that wente
vp with him, sayde: note We are not able to go
vp agaynst that people, for they are to stronge
for vs. And of the lande that they had
searched, they brought vp an euell reporte
amonge the childr&ebar; of Israel, and saide: The
l&abar;de that we haue gone thorow to spye out,
eateth vp the indwellers therof: and all the
people that we sawe therin, are men of greate
stature. We sawe giauntes there also, yee
giauntes as the children of Enack: and we
semed in oure sighte as þe; greshoppers, and
so dyd we in their sighte.
