Quotes About Exploration

So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,

from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;

from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;

from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;

from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;

and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.

These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.

When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.

See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.

Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications?

Is the soil fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous, and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)

So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.

They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.

Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.

After forty days the men returned from spying out the land,

and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land.

and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.

This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.

They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.

They set out from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.

They set out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

They set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.