They Explore the Land and Report

When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said,
"Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country.
See what the land is like . . .."

So they went up and explored the land
from the Desert of Zin as far as Rehob,
toward Lebo Hamath.
. . . When they reached the Valley of Eshcol,
they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes.
Two of them carried it on a pole between them,
along with some pomegranates and figs.
That place was called the Valley of Eschol
because of the cluster of grapes
the Israelites cut off there.
At the end of forty days
they returned from exploring the land.

They came back to Moses and Aaron
and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh
in the Desert of Paran.
There they reported to them
and to the whole assembly
and showed them the fruit of the land.
They gave Moses this account:
"We went into the land to which you sent us,
and it does flow with milk and honey!
Here is its fruit.
But the people who live there are powerful,
and the cities are fortified and very large.
We even saw descendants of Anak there.
The Amalekites live in the Negev;
the Hittites, Jebusites, and the Amorites live in the hill country;
and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan."

Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said,
"We should go up and take possession of the land,
for we can certainly do it."

(Numbers 13:17-18, 21, 23-31)