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“Send for yourself men, and let them explore the land of Canaan, which I am about to give to the Israelites;[a] from each tribe of his father send one man,[b] everyone a leader among them.” So Moses sent them from the desert of Paran on the command of Yahweh; all of the men were leaders[c] of the Israelites.[d] And these are their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 13:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Numbers 13:2 Literally “one man one man from the tribe of his father”
  3. Numbers 13:3 Literally “heads”
  4. Numbers 13:3 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

“Send some men to explore(A) the land of Canaan,(B) which I am giving to the Israelites.(C) From each ancestral tribe(D) send one of its leaders.”

So at the Lord’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.(E) These are their names:

from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur;

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