Numbers 13:3

And Moses sent them from the waste land of Paran as the Lord gave orders, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.

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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.

In Context

2Send men to get knowledge about the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from every tribe of their fathers you are to send a man, every one a chief among them.

4And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, the son of Zaccur.

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Cross References

Numbers 10:12And the children of Israel went on their journey out of the waste land of Sinai; and the cloud came to rest in the waste land of Paran.

Numbers 13:26And they came back to Moses and Aaron and all the children of Israel, to Kadesh in the waste land of Paran; and gave an account to them and to all the people and let them see the produce of the land.

Numbers 34:17These are the names of the men who are to make the distribution of the land among you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun.

Deuteronomy 1:23And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe;

Matthew Henry on Numbers 13:2-21

Missions of the Twelve Spies. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 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. 3 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. 4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. 5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat… Read the whole commentary →

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