¶ And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up ^athis^• way southward, and go up into the mountain:

 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;

 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.

 ¶ So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, ^aas^• men come to Hamath.

 And they ^aascended^• by the south, and came unto ^bHebron^•; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before ^cZoan^• in Egypt.)

 And they came unto the ^abrook^• of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.

 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

 ¶ And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it ^afloweth^• with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are ^awalled^•, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

 The ^aAmalekites^• dwell in the land of the ^bsouth^•: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

 And ^aCaleb^• stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

 And the ^aspace^• in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the ^bmen^• of war ^cwere^• wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.

 THEN came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in ^aKadesh^•; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

Korah, Dathan, and Abiram and 250 leaders rebel and seek priestly offices—Earth swallows the three rebels and their families—Fire from the Lord consumes the 250 rebels—Israel murmurs against Moses and Aaron for slaying the people—The Lord sends a plague, from which 14,700 die.

 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

 Take the ^arod^•, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and ^bspeak^• ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.

 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.

 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, ^aHear^• now, ye rebels; must ^bwe fetch you water out of this rock?

 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he ^asmote^• the ^brock^• twice: and the ^cwater^• came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.