Números 13:1-7

1 Doce espías exploran Canaán
El Señor
le dijo a Moisés:

2 «Envía hombres a explorar la tierra de Canaán, la tierra que les daré a los israelitas. Envía a un jefe de cada una de las doce tribus de sus antepasados».

3 Entonces Moisés hizo lo que el Señor
le ordenó y envió a doce hombres desde el campamento en el desierto de Parán, todos jefes de las tribus de Israel.

4 Estas eran las tribus y los nombres de sus jefes:
Tribu
Jefe
de Rubén
Samúa, hijo de Zacur

5 de Simeón
Safat, hijo de Hori

6 de Judá
Caleb, hijo de Jefone

7 de Isacar
Igal, hijo de José

Números 13:1-7 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.