10 The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive is here subordinated to the next verb of the same formation to express a temporal clause.
11 The instructions had them first go up into the southern desert of the land, and after passing through that, into the hill country of the Canaanites. The text could be rendered “into the Negev” as well as “through the Negev.”

In other versions

Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said to them, “Go up into the Negeb and go up into the hill country,

When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, “Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country.

When Moses sent them to scout out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up this way to the Negev, then go up into the hill country.

Moses gave the men these instructions as he sent them out to explore the land: “Go north through the Negev into the hill country.

Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, and he said to them, “Go up like this to the Negev, and go up into the hill country,

And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:

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