17. Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan and said to them, “Go up to this southland, and go up into the mountain.
18. And see what the land is, and the people that dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many;
19. and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad, and what cities are that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in fortifications;
20. and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood in it or not. And you be courageous and bring some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes.
21. So they went up and explored the land from the Wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo Hamath.
22. They went up by the Negev and came to 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 to the Valley of Eshkol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them, and they brought some of the pomegranates and of the figs.
24. The place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from there.
25. They returned from exploring the land after forty days.
26. And they returned and came to Moses and to Aaron and to all the assembly of the children of Israel, to the Wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh, and brought back word to them and to the entire assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.
27. They reported to him and said, “We came to the land where you sent us, and surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is the fruit of it.