Numbers 13:1–3
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Spies Sent Out
13:11 The Lord spoke2 to Moses: 13:2“Send out men to investigate3 the land of Canaan, which I am giving4 to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe,5 each one a leader among them.” 13:3So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command6 of the Lord. All of them were leaders7 of the Israelites.
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- 1 Chapter 13 provides the names of the spies sent into the land (vv. 1–16), their instructions (vv. 17–20), their activities (vv. 21–25), and their reports (vv. 26–33). It is a chapter that serves as a good lesson on faith, for some of the spies walked by faith, and some by sight.
- 2 The verse starts with the vav (ו) consecutive on the verb: “and.…”
- 3 The imperfect tense with the conjunction is here subordinated to the preceding imperative to form the purpose clause. It can thus be translated “send … to investigate.”
- 4 The participle here should be given a future interpretation, meaning “which I am about to give” or “which I am going to give.”
- 5 Heb “one man one man of the tribe of his fathers.”
- 6 Heb “mouth.”
- 7 Heb “heads.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “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.” So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
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.”
So at the Lord’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
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.” Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran at the Lord’s command. All the men were leaders in Israel.
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NLTNew Living Translation
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.” So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He sent out twelve men, all tribal leaders of Israel, from their camp in the wilderness of Paran.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
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.” So Moses sent them from the desert of Paran on the command of Yahweh; all of the men were leaders of the Israelites.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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. And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
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