Numbers 13:1

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

In Context

2Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

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Cross References

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

Deuteronomy 1:22And ye came near to me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall explore the land for us, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.

Joshua 2:1And Joshua the son of Nun sent from Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go, view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into the house of a harlot, named Rahab, and lodged 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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