Devarim 1:22-24

Orthodox Jewish Bible

²² And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, Let us send anashim ahead of us, and they shall spy out ha’aretz, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what towns we shall come.

²³ And the proposal pleased me well; and I took Shneym Asar, (Twelve) of you, one of each shevet (tribe);

²⁴ And they turned and went up into the hill country, and came unto the Eshkol Valley, and explored it.