Numbers 13:2
Verse 2 of 33. The 13th of 36 chapters in Numbers, in The Law.
1And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
3And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
4And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
5Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
6Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
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Numbers 13:2 in the World English Bible
“Send men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. Of every tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a prince among them.”Read Numbers 13:2 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Numbers 13:2
It is here said, God directed Moses to send them (v. 1, 2), but it appears by the repetition of the story afterwards (Deut. i. 22) that the motion came originally from the people; they came to Moses, and said, We will send men before us; and it was the fruit of their unbelief. They would not take God's word that it was a good land, and that he would, without fail, put them in possession of it.
Read Matthew Henry on Numbers 13:1–20: Missions of the Twelve Spies. (b. c. 1490.)
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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.