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they went on and came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, ^(F1)in the wilderness of Paran at ^(C1)Kadesh; and they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.

So they reported to him and said, "We came into the land where you sent us, and ^(C1)it certainly does flow with milk and honey, and ^(C2)this is its fruit.

"Nevertheless, ^(C1)the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And indeed, we saw ^(C2)the ^(F1)descendants of Anak there!

"Amalek is living in the land of ^(C1)the Negev, the Hittites, the Jebusites, and ^(C2)the Amorites are living in the hill country, and ^(C3)the Canaanites are living by the sea and by the side of the Jordan."

Then Caleb quieted the people ^(F1)before Moses and said, "We should by all means go up and take possession of it, for we will certainly prevail over it."

But the men who had gone up with him said, "^(C1)We are not able to go up against the people, because they are too strong for us."

So they brought ^(C1)a bad report of the land which they had spied out to the sons of Israel, saying, "The land through which we have gone to spy out is ^(C2)a land that devours its inhabitants; and ^(C3)all the people whom we saw in it are people of great stature.

"We also saw the ^(F1)(C1)Nephilim there (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and ^(C2)we were like ^(F2)grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight."