Numbers 13:21-27

New International Version

²¹ So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin^(A) as far as Rehob,^(B) toward Lebo Hamath.^{(C) 22} They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron,^(D) where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai,^(E) the descendants of Anak,^(F) lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)^{(G) 23} When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,^[a](H) 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^(I) and figs.^{(J) 24} That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there. ²⁵ At the end of forty days^(K) they returned from exploring the land.^(L)

Report on the Exploration

²⁶ They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh^(M) in the Desert of Paran.^(N) There they reported to them^(O) and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.^{(P) 27} They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey!^(Q) Here is its fruit.^(R)