Numbers 13:3

“Send men, who may examine the land of Canaan, which I will give to the sons of Israel, one from the rulers of each tribe.”

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In The King James Version

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

2And there, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

4Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending, from the desert of Paran, leading men, whose names are these:

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Cross References

Numbers 10:12And the sons of Israel set out by their companies from the desert of Sinai, and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

Numbers 13:26And those exploring the land returned after forty days, having circulated through the entire region.

Numbers 34:17“These are the names of the men, who shall divide the land for you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun,

Deuteronomy 1:23And since the word was pleasing to me, I sent from among you twelve men, one from each 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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