Numbers 13:3

3 So at the LORD's command, Moses sent these men from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.

Numbers 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.

Numbers 13:3 In-Context

1 The LORD said to Moses,

2 "Send men to explore Canaan, which I'm giving to the Israelites. Send one leader from each of their ancestors' tribes."

3 So at the LORD's command, Moses sent these men from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.

4 These are their names: Shammua, son of Zaccur, from the tribe of Reuben;

5 Shaphat, son of Hori, from the tribe of Simeon;