And see what the land is: Moses wants the spies to find out a number of things about the land of Canaan.

And whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak: First he wants to know how powerful its people are.

Whether they are few or many: He also wants to know how many people live there.

Quoted with permission from de Regt, Lénart J. and Wendland, Ernst R. A Handbook on Numbers. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2016. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .