Quotes about Exploration
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.
— Numbers 13:23
Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.
— Numbers 13:24
After forty days the men returned from spying out the land,
— Numbers 13:25
and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
— Numbers 13:26
And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!
— Numbers 13:27
Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.
— Numbers 13:28
So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.
— Numbers 13:32
and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land.
— Numbers 14:7
After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
— Numbers 21:32
This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.
— Numbers 32:8
They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.
— Numbers 33:6
They set out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.
— Numbers 33:23