3. So Moses sent twelve tribal leaders from Israel's camp in the Paran Desert
17. Before Moses sent them into Canaan, he said:After you go through the Southern Desert of Canaan, continue north into the hill country
18. and find out what those regions are like. Be sure to remember how many people live there, how strong they are,
21. The twelve men left to explore Canaan from the Zin Desert in the south all the way to the town of Rehob near Lebo-Hamath in the north.
22. As they went through the Southern Desert, they came to the town of Hebron, which was seven years older than the Egyptian town of Zoan. In Hebron, they saw the three Anakim clans of Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai.
25. After exploring the land of Canaan for forty days,
26. the twelve men returned to Kadesh in the Paran Desert and told Moses, Aaron, and the people what they had seen. They showed them the fruit
27. and said:Look at this fruit! The land we explored is rich with milk and honey.
28. But the people who live there are strong, and their cities are large and walled. We even saw the three Anakim clans.
29. Besides that, the Amalekites live in the Southern Desert; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites are in the hill country; and the Canaanites live along the Mediterranean Sea and the River Jordan.
30. Caleb calmed down the crowd and said, “Let's go and take the land. I know we can do it!”
31. But the other men replied, “Those people are much too strong for us.”