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A great cluster of grapes is being brought back by messengers who have seen the land of Canaan.

Translation of Numbers 13, 23:
“And they came unto the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it upon a pole…”

Haftorah Shlach Joshua 2, 1-24
Two spies sent to Jericho by Joshua are hidden by Rahab, who helps them escape.

Parashat  Sh’lach “Send”  פָּרָשַׁת שְׁלַח־לְךָ Numbers 8:1-12:16, is the fourth Torah portion in Numbers, the the 4th Book of the five Books of the Bible and the 37th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading which begins on Rosh Ha Shana, the Jewish New Year.  

In Parashat  Sh’lach, twelve messengers scout out the land of Canaan and return with exaggerated tales. Also in it, Jews are commanded with the mitzvah of tzitzit (saying a blessing over the tied threads).

Also below are illustrations from the  Parashat  Sh’lach Haftorah reading Joshua 2, 1-24 (in the Ashkenazi tradition), which is read after the weekly portion reading, where Joshua secretly sends two spies to Jericho who stay with Rahab, who hides them and helps them escape.