Numbers 13:15-19

and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.

These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; but Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.

When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he said to them, “Go up there into the Negev; then go up into the hill country.

See what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many.

And how is the land in which they live, is it good or bad? And how are the cities in which they live, are the people in open camps or in fortifications?