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Chapter 13

Twelve Scouts.[a] The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Send some men out to explore the land of Canaan that I am giving to the people of Israel. Send one of the leaders from each of the ancestral tribes.”

So Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran by command of the Lord, each of them being one of the heads of the people of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 13:1 Using various ancient traditions (Jos 14:6; 15:13; Jdg 1:10), the author tells of how Moses attempts to enter Canaan from the south.