⁹ After they went up to the Valley of Eshkol^(A) and viewed the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the Lord had given them.

²⁴ They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshkol^(A) and explored it. ²⁵ Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported,^(B) “It is a good land^(C) that the Lord our God is giving us.”^(D)