Deuteronomy 1:19-25

Then, as the LORD our God commanded us, we left Mount Sinai and went toward the mountain country of the Amorite people. We went through that large and terrible desert you saw, and then we came to Kadesh Barnea. I said to you, “You have now come to the mountain country of the Amorites, to the land the LORD our God will give us. Look, here it is! Go up and take it. The LORD, the God of your ancestors, told you to do this, so don’t be afraid and don’t worry.” Then all of you came to me and said, “Let’s send men before us to spy out the land. They can come back and tell us about the way we should go and the cities we will find.” I thought that was a good idea, so I chose twelve of your men, one for each tribe. They left and went up to the mountains, and when they came to the Valley of Eshcol they explored it. They took some of the fruit from that land and brought it down to us, saying, “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.”