Numbers 13:1-3

International Standard Version

The Twelve Explorers^(A)

13 Later, the Lord told Moses, ² “Send men to explore the land of Canaan that I’m about to give to the Israelis. Send one man to represent each of his ancestor’s tribes, every one of them a distinguished leader^[a] among them.”

³ So that’s just what Moses did, sending them from the Wilderness of Paran according to the Lord’s instructions. All of the men were Israeli leaders.