[a]Send thou men out to search the land of Canaan which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, such as are all rulers among them.

Then Moses sent them out of the wilderness of Paran at the commandment of the Lord: all those men were [b]heads of the children of Israel.

Also their names are these: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur:

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 13:3 After the people had required it of Moses, as it is in Deut. 1:22, then the Lord spake to Moses so to do.
  2. Numbers 13:4 Or, rulers.

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

from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur;

from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;

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