22 “But all of you came to me and said, ‘Let’s send some men to look at the land first. They can spy out the land and come back and tell us the way we should go and which cities we will come to.’

23 “I thought that was a good idea. So I chose twelve men from among you, one man from each tribe.

24 Then they left and went up to the hill country. They came to the Valley of Eshcol and explored it.