Numbers 13:7-17

7 Of the tribe of Yissakhar, Yig'al the son of Yosef.

8 Of the tribe of Efrayim, Hoshea the son of Nun.

9 Of the tribe of Binyamin, Palti the son of Rafu.

10 Of the tribe of Zevulun, Gaddi'el the son of Sodi.

11 Of the tribe of Yosef, [namely], of the tribe of Menashsheh, Gaddi the son of Susi.

12 Of the tribe of Dan, `Ammi'el the son of Gemalli.

13 Of the tribe of Asher, Setur the son of Mikha'el.

14 Of the tribe of Naftali, Nachbi the son of Vofsi.

15 Of the tribe of Gad, Ge'u'el the son of Makhi.

16 These are the names of the men who Moshe sent to spy out the land. Moshe called Hoshea the son of Nun Yehoshua.

17 Moshe sent them to spy out the land of Kana`an, and said to them, Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:

Numbers 13:7-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 13

In this chapter an order is given by the Lord, to send twelve men into the land of Canaan, to search and spy it, and which was accordingly executed, Nu 13:1-3; and the names of the twelve persons are given, Nu 13:4-16; the instructions they received from Moses, what part of the land they should enter into first, and what observations they should make on it, Nu 13:17-20; which they attended to, and on their return brought some of the fruit of the land with them, Nu 13:21-26; and gave an account of it, that it was a very fruitful land, but the inhabitants mighty, and their cities walled, Nu 13:27-29; which threw the people into confusion, but that they were stilled by Caleb, one of the spies, who encouraged them, Nu 13:30; but all the rest, excepting Joshua, brought an ill report of it, as not to be subdued and conquered by them, Nu 13:31-33.