UNumeri 13:25-33

Kwathi emva kwezinsuku ezingamashumi amane babuya ekuhloleni izwe. Ahamba afika kuMose naku-Aroni nakuyo yonke inhlangano yabantwana bakwa-Israyeli ehlane lasePharanu eKadeshi; wababikela kanye nebandla lonke, wabazisa izithelo zezwe. Bamtshela bathi: “Sifikile ezweni owasithuma kulo, futhi lichichima ubisi nezinyosi; lesi yisithelo sawo. Kodwa abantu abahlala kulelo zwe baba namandla, nemizi ibiyelwe ngezindonga, mikhulu kakhulu; futhi sabona nabantwana bakwa-Enaki lapho. Ama-Amaleki ahlala ezweni laseningizimu, amaHeti, namaJebusi, nama-Amori ahlala ezintabeni, namaKhanani ahlala ngaselwandle ngasogwini lweJordani. UKalebi wabathulisa abantu phambi kukaMose, wathi: “Masikhuphuke masinyane, silidle; ngokuba sinamandla okukunqoba. Kodwa amadoda akhuphuka naye athi: “Asinakukhuphukela kubantu; ngoba banamandla kunathi. Baletha umbiko omubi ngezwe abalihlola kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, bathi: “Izwe esadabula kulo ukulihlola liyizwe elidla abakhileyo kulo; futhi bonke abantu esababona kulo bangabantu abade. Sabona lapho amaRefa, amadodana ka-Enaki, evela emaRefa; sasinjengezinkumbi emehlweni ethu, futhi sasinjalo nasemehlweni abo.