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Numbers 13:2-4
New English Translation
Numbers 13:2-4
New English Translation
2 “Send out men to investigate[a] the land of Canaan, which I am giving[b] to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe,[c] each one a leader among them.” 3 So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command[d] of the Lord. All of them were leaders[e] of the Israelites.
4 Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
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- Numbers 13:2 tn The imperfect tense with the conjunction is here subordinated to the preceding imperative to form the purpose clause. It can thus be translated “send…to investigate.”
- Numbers 13:2 tn The participle here should be given a future interpretation, meaning “which I am about to give” or “which I am going to give.”
- Numbers 13:2 tn Heb “one man one man of the tribe of his fathers.”
- Numbers 13:3 tn Heb “mouth.”
- Numbers 13:3 tn Heb “heads.”
Numbers 13:2-4
New International Version
Numbers 13:2-4
New International Version
2 “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.”
3 So at the Lord’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.(E) 4 These are their names:
from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur;
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