Numbers 13:1-10

Exploring Canaan

1 The LORD said to Moses,
2 “Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.”
3 So at the LORD’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.
4 These are their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur;
5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;

Cross References 7

  • 1. ver 16; Deuteronomy 1:22
  • 2. S Leviticus 14:34
  • 3. Joshua 1:3
  • 4. S Leviticus 24:11
  • 5. Numbers 1:16
  • 6. ver 30; Numbers 14:6,24; Numbers 34:19; Deuteronomy 1:36; Judges 1:12-15
  • 7. S Numbers 11:28
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