- Numbers 13:21
וַיַּעֲלוּ וַיָּתֻרוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ מִמִּדְבַּר־צִן עַד־רְחֹב לְבֹא חֲמָת׃
They went up and scouted the land, from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, at Lebo-hamath.
Targum Onkelos
וּסְלִיקוּ וְאַלִּילוּ יָת אַרְעָא מִמַּדְבְּרָא דְּצִין עַד רְחוֹב לְמָטֵי חֲמָת׃
They went up and they scouted the land from the desert of Tzin until Rechov, at the entrance of Chamas.
- Numbers 13:22
וַיַּעֲלוּ בַנֶּגֶב וַיָּבֹא עַד־חֶבְרוֹן וְשָׁם אֲחִימַן שֵׁשַׁי וְתַלְמַי יְלִידֵי הָעֲנָק וְחֶבְרוֹן שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים נִבְנְתָה לִפְנֵי צֹעַן מִצְרָיִם׃
They went up into the Negeb and came to Hebron, where lived Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the Anakites.—Now Hebron was founded seven years before Zoan of Egypt.—
Targum Onkelos
וּסְלִיקוּ בְדָרוֹמָא וַאֲתוֹ עַד חֶבְרוֹן וְתַמָּן אֲחִימַן שֵׁשַׁי וְתַלְמַי בְּנֵי גִּבָּרָא וְחֶבְרוֹן שְׁבַע שְׁנִין אִתְבְּנִיאַת קֳדָם טַאנֵיס דְּמִצְרָיִם׃
They went up, into the southern part [of the land] and [he] came to Chevron; and there, were Achiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the offspring of the giant[s]. [The city of] Chevron was built seven years before the city of Tzo’an [Tonas] in Egypt.
- Numbers 13:23
וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד־נַחַל אֶשְׁכֹּל וַיִּכְרְתוּ מִשָּׁם זְמוֹרָה וְאֶשְׁכּוֹל עֲנָבִים אֶחָד וַיִּשָּׂאֻהוּ בַמּוֹט בִּשְׁנָיִם וּמִן־הָרִמֹּנִים וּמִן־הַתְּאֵנִים׃
They reached the wadi Eshcol, and there they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes—it had to be borne on a carrying frame by two of them—and some pomegranates and figs.
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲתוֹ עַד נַחְלָא דְּאֶתְכָּלָא וְקָצוּ מִתַּמָּן עוֹבַרְתָּא וְאֶתְכָּל דְּעִנְבִּין חַד וְנַטְלוּהִי בַּאֲרִיחָא בִּתְרֵין וּמִן רִמּוֹנַיָּא וּמִן תֵּינַיָּא׃
They came until the Valley of Eshkol, and from there they cut off a branch and one cluster of grapes, and they carried it between two on a pole, [and they took] some pomegranates and some figs.
- Numbers 13:24
לַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא קָרָא נַחַל אֶשְׁכּוֹל עַל אֹדוֹת הָאֶשְׁכּוֹל אֲשֶׁר־כָּרְתוּ מִשָּׁם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
That place was named the wadi Eshcol because of the cluster that the Israelites cut down there.
Targum Onkelos
לְאַתְרָא הַהוּא קְרָא נַחְלָא דְּאֶתְכָּלָא עַל עֵיסַק אֶתְכָּלָא דְּקָצוּ מִתַּמָּן בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
That place they called the Valley of Eshkol, because of the event of the cluster that Bnei Yisroel cut from there.
- Numbers 13:25
וַיָּשֻׁבוּ מִתּוּר הָאָרֶץ מִקֵּץ אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם׃
At the end of forty days they returned from scouting the land.
Targum Onkelos
וְתָבוּ מִלְּאַלָּלָא אַרְעָא מִסּוֹף אַרְבְּעִין יוֹמִין׃
They returned from spying the land, at the end of forty days.
- Numbers 13:26
וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל־כׇּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־מִדְבַּר פָּארָן קָדֵשָׁה וַיָּשִׁיבוּ אֹתָם דָּבָר וְאֶת־כׇּל־הָעֵדָה וַיַּרְאוּם אֶת־פְּרִי הָאָרֶץ׃
They went straight to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran, and they made their report to them and to the whole community, as they showed them the fruit of the land.
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲזַלוּ וַאֲתוֹ לְוָת מֹשֶׁה וּלְוָת אַהֲרֹן וּלְוָת כָּל כְּנִשְׁתָּא דִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמַדְבְּרָא דְּפָארָן לִרְקַם וַאֲתִיבוּ יָתְהוֹן פִּתְגָמָא וְיָת כָּל כְּנִשְׁתָּא, וְאַחְזִיאוּנוּן יָת אִבָּא דְּאַרְעָא׃
They went and came to Moshe and Aharon and to the entire congregation of Bnei Yisroel [that came] to the desert of Paran, in Kadeish [to Rekom]. They brought word back to them, and to the entire congregation, and they showed them the fruit of the land.
- Numbers 13:27
וַיְסַפְּרוּ־לוֹ וַיֹּאמְרוּ בָּאנוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר שְׁלַחְתָּנוּ וְגַם זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ הִוא וְזֶה־פִּרְיָהּ׃
This is what they told him: “We came to the land you sent us to; it does indeed flow with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
Targum Onkelos
וְאִשְׁתַּעִיאוּ לֵיהּ וַאֲמַרוּ אֲתֵינָא לְאַרְעָא דִּשְׁלַחְתַּנָא וְאַף עָבְדָא חֲלָב וּדְבַשׁ הִיא וְדֵין אִבַּהּ׃
They recounted to him, and they said: “We came into the land into which you sent us, and it indeed flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
- Numbers 13:28
אֶפֶס כִּי־עַז הָעָם הַיֹּשֵׁב בָּאָרֶץ וְהֶעָרִים בְּצֻרוֹת גְּדֹלֹת מְאֹד וְגַם־יְלִדֵי הָעֲנָק רָאִינוּ שָׁם׃
However, the people who inhabit the country are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large; moreover, we saw the Anakites there.
Targum Onkelos
לְחוֹד אֲרֵי תַּקִּיף עַמָּא דְּיָתֵיב בְּאַרְעָא וְקִרְוַיָּא כְּרִיכָן רַבְרְבָן לַחְדָּא וְאַף בְּנֵי גִּבָּרָא חֲזֵינָא תַּמָּן׃
However, the nation is mighty, those who inhabit the land, and the cities are greatly fortified to the utmost, and we also saw the offspring of the giant[s] over there.
- Numbers 13:29
עֲמָלֵק יוֹשֵׁב בְּאֶרֶץ הַנֶּגֶב וְהַחִתִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי וְהָאֱמֹרִי יוֹשֵׁב בָּהָר וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי יוֹשֵׁב עַל־הַיָּם וְעַל יַד הַיַּרְדֵּן׃
Amalekites dwell in the Negeb region; Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites inhabit the hill country; and Canaanites dwell by the Sea and along the Jordan.”
Targum Onkelos
עֲמָלְקָאָה יָתֵיב בַּאֲרַע דָּרוֹמָא וְחִתָּאֵי וִיבוּסָאֵי וַאֲמוֹרָאֵי יָתֵיב בְּטוּרָא וּכְנַעֲנָאָה יָתֵיב עַל יַמָּא וְעַל כֵּיף יַרְדְּנָא׃
Amalek dwells in the southern part of the land, the Chiti, Yevusi and Emori dwell in the mountain and the Cana’ani dwell by the sea and next to the Yardein.”
- Numbers 13:30
וַיַּהַס כָּלֵב אֶת־הָעָם אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמֶר עָלֹה נַעֲלֶה וְיָרַשְׁנוּ אֹתָהּ כִּי־יָכוֹל נוּכַל לָהּ׃
Caleb hushed the people before Moses and said, “Let us by all means go up, and we shall gain possession of it, for we shall surely overcome it.”
Targum Onkelos
וְאַצֵּית כָּלֵב יָת עַמָּא לְמֹשֶׁה וַאֲמַר מִסָּק נִסַּק וְנֵירַת יָתַהּ אֲרֵי מִיכָּל נִכּוֹל לַהּ׃
Caleiv silenced the people to [hear about] Moshe, and he said: “We can surely go up [to the land] and we shall possess it for we are surely able to overcome it.”
- Numbers 13:31
וְהָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר־עָלוּ עִמּוֹ אָמְרוּ לֹא נוּכַל לַעֲלוֹת אֶל־הָעָם כִּי־חָזָק הוּא מִמֶּנּוּ׃
But the other men who had gone up with him said, “We cannot attack that people, for it is stronger than we.”
Targum Onkelos
וְגוּבְרַיָּא דִּסְלִיקוּ עִמֵּיהּ אֲמַרוּ לָא נִכּוֹל לְמִסַּק לְוָת עַמָּא אֲרֵי תַּקִּיף הוּא מִנַּנָא׃
But the men who went up with him said: “We are not able to go up against the nation, for they are more powerful than we.”
- Numbers 13:32
וַיֹּצִיאוּ דִּבַּת הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר תָּרוּ אֹתָהּ אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר עָבַרְנוּ בָהּ לָתוּר אֹתָהּ אֶרֶץ אֹכֶלֶת יוֹשְׁבֶיהָ הִוא וְכׇל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר־רָאִינוּ בְתוֹכָהּ אַנְשֵׁי מִדּוֹת׃
Thus they spread calumnies among the Israelites about the land they had scouted, saying, “The country that we traversed and scouted is one that devours its settlers. All the people that we saw in it are of astonishingly great size;
Targum Onkelos
וְאַפִּיקוּ שׁוֹם בִּישׁ עַל אַרְעָא דְּאַלִּילוּ יָתַהּ לְוָת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמֵימַר אַרְעָא דַּעֲבַרְנָא בַהּ לְאַלָּלָא יָתַהּ אֲרַע מְקַטְּלָא יָתְבַהָא הִיא וְכָל עַמָּא דַּחֲזֵינָא בְּגַוַּהּ אֲנָשִׁין דְּמִשְׁחָן׃
They spread slander about the land that they had scouted, to Bnei Yisroel, saying: “The land through which we have passed to scout it, is a land which consumes [slaughters] its inhabitants; and every one of the people we saw in it, are men of dimensions [stature].
- Numbers 13:33
וְשָׁם רָאִינוּ אֶת־הַנְּפִילִים בְּנֵי עֲנָק מִן־הַנְּפִלִים וַנְּהִי בְעֵינֵינוּ כַּחֲגָבִים וְכֵן הָיִינוּ בְּעֵינֵיהֶם׃
we saw the Nephilim there—the Anakites are part of the Nephilim—and we looked like grasshoppers to ourselves, and so we must have looked to them.”
Targum Onkelos
וְתַמָּן חֲזֵינָא יָת גִּבָּרַיָּא בְּנֵי עֲנָק מִן גִּבָּרַיָּא וַהֲוֵינָא בְּעֵינֵי נַפְשַׁנָא כְּקִמְצִין וְכֵן הֲוֵינָא בְּעֵינֵיהוֹן׃
There we saw the giants, the sons of the giant [Anok], of the Nephilim [giants], and we were like grasshoppers in our [own] eyes, and so we appeared in their eyes.”
- Numbers 14:1
וַתִּשָּׂא כׇּל־הָעֵדָה וַיִּתְּנוּ אֶת־קוֹלָם וַיִּבְכּוּ הָעָם בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא׃
The whole community broke into loud cries, and the people wept that night.
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲרֵימַת כָּל כְּנִשְׁתָּא וִיהַבוּ יָת קָלְהוֹן וּבְכוֹ עַמָּא בְּלֵילְיָא הַהוּא׃
The entire community arose and raised their voices; and the people wept that night.
- Numbers 14:2
וַיִּלֹּנוּ עַל־מֹשֶׁה וְעַל־אַהֲרֹן כֹּל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֲלֵהֶם כׇּל־הָעֵדָה לוּ־מַתְנוּ בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם אוֹ בַּמִּדְבָּר הַזֶּה לוּ־מָתְנוּ׃
All the Israelites railed against Moses and Aaron. “If only we had died in the land of Egypt,” the whole community shouted at them, “or if only we might die in this wilderness!”
Targum Onkelos
וְאִתְרָעַמוּ עַל מֹשֶׁה וְעַל אַהֲרֹן כֹּל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַאֲמַרוּ לְהוֹן כָּל כְּנִשְׁתָּא לְוֵי דְּמֵיתְנָא בְּאַרְעָא דְּמִצְרַיִם אוֹ בְּמַדְבְּרָא הָדֵין לְוֵי דְּמֵיתְנָא׃
They railed against Moshe and Aharon—all of Bnei Yisroel—and the entire congregation said to them: “Would we had died in the land of Egypt or in this desert, would that we had died.
- Numbers 14:3
וְלָמָה יְהֹוָה מֵבִיא אֹתָנוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת לִנְפֹּל בַּחֶרֶב נָשֵׁינוּ וְטַפֵּנוּ יִהְיוּ לָבַז הֲלוֹא טוֹב לָנוּ שׁוּב מִצְרָיְמָה׃
“Why is GOD taking us to that land to fall by the sword?” “Our wives and children will be carried off!” “It would be better for us to go back to Egypt!”
Targum Onkelos
וּלְמָא יְיָ מַעֵיל יָתַנָא לְאַרְעָא הָדָא לְמִפַּל בְּחַרְבָּא נְשַׁנָא וְטַפְלַנָא יְהוֹן לְבִזָּא הֲלָא טָב לַנָא דִּנְתוּב לְמִצְרָיִם׃
Why does Adonoy bring us into this land to fall by the sword; our wives and infants would be as spoils; is it not better for us to return to Egypt?”
- Numbers 14:4
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל־אָחִיו נִתְּנָה רֹאשׁ וְנָשׁוּבָה מִצְרָיְמָה׃
And they said to one another, “Let us head back for Egypt.”
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַרוּ גְּבַר לַאֲחוּהִי נְמַנֵּי רֵישָׁא וּנְתוּב לְמִצְרָיִם׃
They said to each other: “Let us appoint (lit. place) a head and we will return to Egypt.”
- Numbers 14:5
וַיִּפֹּל מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן עַל־פְּנֵיהֶם לִפְנֵי כׇּל־קְהַל עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembled congregation of Israelites.
Targum Onkelos
וּנְפַל מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן עַל אַפֵּיהוֹן קֳדָם כָּל קְהָלָא כְּנִשְׁתָּא דִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
Moshe and Aharon fell on their faces before the entire gathering of the congregation of Bnei Yisroel.
- Numbers 14:6
וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן וְכָלֵב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּה מִן־הַתָּרִים אֶת־הָאָרֶץ קָרְעוּ בִּגְדֵיהֶם׃
And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, of those who had scouted the land, rent their clothes
Targum Onkelos
וִיהוֹשֻעַ בַּר נוּן וְכָלֵב בַּר יְפֻנֶּה מִן מְאַלְּלֵי אַרְעָא בַּזַּעוּ לְבוּשֵׁיהוֹן׃
Yehoshua the son of Nun and Caleiv the son of Yefuneh, who were among those who scouted the land, tore their clothing [in grief].
- Numbers 14:7
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל־כׇּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר עָבַרְנוּ בָהּ לָתוּר אֹתָהּ טוֹבָה הָאָרֶץ מְאֹד מְאֹד׃
and exhorted the whole Israelite community: “The land that we traversed and scouted is an exceedingly good land.
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַרוּ לְכָל כְּנִשְׁתָּא דִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמֵימַר אַרְעָא דַּעֲבַרְנָא בַהּ לְאַלָּלָא יָתַהּ טָבָא אַרְעָא לַחְדָּא לַחְדָּא׃
They said to the entire congregation of Bnei Yisroel, saying: “The land through which we have passed to scout it; that land is very, very good.