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Numbers 13:1–2

Spies Sent into Canaan

13 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, g“Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among them.”

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Numbers 13:1–2 — The New International Version (NIV)

The Lord said to Moses, “Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.”

Numbers 13:1–2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

Numbers 13:1–2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The Lord now said to Moses, “Send out men to explore the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to the Israelites. Send one leader from each of the twelve ancestral tribes.”

Numbers 13:1–2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.”

Numbers 13:1–2 — New Century Version (NCV)

The Lord said to Moses, “Send men to explore the land of Canaan, which I will give to the Israelites. Send one leader from each tribe.”

Numbers 13:1–2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Send thou men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a prince among them.

Numbers 13:1–2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Send thou men, that they may search out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel. Ye shall send a man of every tribe of his fathers, each a prince among them.

Numbers 13:1–2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The Lord said to Moses, “Send men to explore Canaan, which I’m giving to the Israelites. Send one leader from each of their ancestors’ tribes.” 

Numbers 13:1–2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Lord spoke to Moses: “Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.”

Numbers 13:1–2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The Lord said to Moses, “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites; from each of their ancestral tribes you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.”

Numbers 13:1–2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Send for yourself men, and let them explore the land of Canaan, which I am about to give to the Israelites; from each tribe of his father send one man, everyone a leader among them.”

Numbers 13:1–2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, “Send some men to check out the land of Canaan. I am giving it to the people of Israel. Send one leader from each of Israel’s tribes.”

Numbers 13:1–2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Then the Lord spoke to Moses saying,

Send out for yourself men so that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give to the sons of Israel; you shall send a man from each of their fathers tribes, every one a leader among them.”


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