Numbers 13

Num 13:25 After exploring the land for forty days, the spies returned
Num 13:26 to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had brought.
Num 13:27 They told Moses, "We explored the land and found it to be rich and fertile; and here is some of its fruit.
Num 13:28 But the people who live there are powerful, and their cities are very large and well fortified. Even worse, we saw the descendants of the giants there.
Num 13:29 Amalekites live in the southern part of the land; Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and Canaanites live by the Mediterranean Sea and along the Jordan River."
Num 13:30 Caleb silenced the people who were complaining against Moses, and said, "We should attack now and take the land; we are strong enough to conquer it."
Num 13:31 But the men who had gone with Caleb said, "No, we are not strong enough to attack them; the people there are more powerful than we are."
Num 13:32 So they spread a false report among the Israelites about the land they had explored. They said, "That land doesn't even produce enough to feed the people who live there. Everyone we saw was very tall,
Num 13:33 and we even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak. We felt as small as grasshoppers, and that is how we must have looked to them."


Moses sent out spies to look over Canaan. The spies, one from each tribe, came back and told Moses of the abundance in the land. Unfortunately, the place was inhabited by powerful people, giants. The spies reported that these giants are powerful and that they cannot be defeated.

Joshua and Caleb were enthusiastic about taking the land. Caleb was sure that the giants could be defeated but he and Joshua was out voted by the other spies.