Numbers 13:1

And the LORD said to Moses,

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

In Context

2“Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man who is a leader among them.”

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Cross References

Numbers 34:17“These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.

Deuteronomy 1:22Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us to search out the land and bring us word of what route to follow and which cities to enter.”

Joshua 2:1Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 13:1

It is a memorable and very melancholy story which is related in this and the following chapter, of the turning back of Israel from the borders of Canaan, when they were just ready to set foot in it, and the sentencing of them to wander and perish in the wilderness for their unbelief and murmuring. It is referred to Ps. xcv. 7 , &c., and improved for warning to Christians, Heb. iii. 7 , &c. In this chapter we have, I. The sending of twelve spies before them into Canaan, ver. 1-16 . II. The instructions given to… Read the whole commentary →

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