Numbers 13:17-22

New International Version

¹⁷ When Moses sent them to explore Canaan,^(A) he said, “Go up through the Negev^(B) and on into the hill country.^{(C) 18} See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. ¹⁹ What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified? ²⁰ How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.^(D)” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)^(E)

²¹ So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin^(F) as far as Rehob,^(G) toward Lebo Hamath.^{(H) 22} They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron,^(I) where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai,^(J) the descendants of Anak,^(K) lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)^(L)