Numbers 13:26
“And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, 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.”
The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, 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.
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.
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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Related Verses
“And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.”
“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.”
“The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.”
“And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.”
“And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:”