Numbers 13:3

And Moses sends them from the wilderness of Paran by the command of YHWH; all of them [are] men, [and] they are heads of the sons of Israel,

Literal Standard Version

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

2“Send men for yourself, and they spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel; one man—you send one man for the tribe of his fathers, everyone a prince among them.”

4and these [are] their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;

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Cross References

Numbers 10:12and the sons of Israel journey in their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud dwells in the wilderness of Paran;

Numbers 13:26And they go and come to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and they bring them and all the congregation back word, and show them the fruit of the land.

Numbers 34:17“These [are] the names of the men who give the inheritance of the land to you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.

Deuteronomy 1:23and the thing is good in my eyes, and I take twelve men from you, one man for the 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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