Números 13:3

3 Moisés, pois, enviou-os do deserto de Parã, segundo a ordem do Senhor; eram todos eles homens principais dentre os filhos de Israel.

Números 13:3 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 13:3

And Moses, by the commandment of the Lord
By his power, permission, and leave, as Jarchi, that there might be no delay through his means:

sent them from the wilderness of Paran;
from Rithmah or Kadeshbarnea, which seem to be one and the same place in that wilderness: this, as before observed, was on the twenty ninth day of Sivan: (See Gill on Numbers 13:1);

all those [were] heads of the children of Israel;
were not mean and vulgar men, but persons of rule, who bore some office of magistracy ant government among the people in their respective tribes.

Números 13:3 In-Context

1 Então disse o Senhor a Moisés:
2 Envia homens que espiem a terra de Canaã, que eu hei de dar aos filhos de Israel. De cada tribo de seus pais enviarás um homem, sendo cada qual príncipe entre eles.
3 Moisés, pois, enviou-os do deserto de Parã, segundo a ordem do Senhor; eram todos eles homens principais dentre os filhos de Israel.
4 E estes são os seus nomes: da tribo de Rúben, Samua, filho de Zacur;
5 da tribo de Simeão, Safate, filho de Hori;
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