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There are two separate versions of this account in the Book of Numbers, blended together and sufficiently similar to appear to the casual reader to be just one rather complex account, but in neither story do the leaders return with an entirely good report:--
In the first version: Moses dispatched the spies (Numbers 13:17b-20); the spies travelled only as far north as Hebron (in the future kingdom of Judah) (13:22-25); the spies returned and issued their report to one person (Moses), stating that the land was "flowing with milk and honey", but that the inhabitants were giants and their cities fortified (13:27-29). Caleb alone tried to encourage the Israelites to proceed with the conquest (13:30); the spies countered Caleb's claim, stating that the land was unconquerable (13:31,33). So, Caleb alone of this generation would live to enter the Promised Land (14:20-25).


In the second version: Moses appointed twelve heads of tribes to scout the land, and dispatched them from the Wilderness of Paran (13:1-17a); the spies toured the entire Promised Land, "from the Wilderness of Zin to the entrance to Hamath (southern Syria)"Â (13:21); the spies returned and displayed the land's fruit, issuing their report to Moses, Aaron and all the congregation (13:25-26); The report stated that Canaan was not only unconquerable, but a "land that devours its inhabitants" (13:32-33). The Israelites refused to enter Canaan (14:1a, 2-3); Caleb and Joshua both tried to encourage the Israelites to proceed with the conquest. So, Caleb and Joshua would live to enter the Promised Land (14: 26-35).

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