The Spies Return

25 They returned from exploring the land at the end of forty days.[fn] 26 And they came[fn] to Moses and Aaron and to the entire community of theIsraelites[fn] in the desert of Paran at Kadesh; they brought back word to them andto all the community, and they showed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him,[fn] “We came to the land that you sent us, and itis flowing of milk and honey; this is its fruit. 28 Yet the people who are inhabiting it are strong and the cities are fortified and very large; moreover, we saw the descendants of the Anakites there. 29 The Amalekites are living in the land of the Negev;[fn] the Hittites, Jebusites, and the Amoritesare living in the hill country; and the Canaanites are living at the sea and on the banks of the Jordan.”

30 And Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “Surely, let us go up and let us take possession of it because surely we will be able to prevail over it.” 31 And the men who went up with him said, “We are not able to go up to the people because they are stronger than us.” 32 And they presented the report of the land that they explored to the Israelites,[fn] saying, “The land that we went through to exploreis a land that eats its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in its midst are men of great size.[fn] 33 There we saw the Nephilim (the descendants[fn] of Anakcame from the Nephilim), and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their eyes.”