Spies Sent into Canaan
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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a "Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them."
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So Moses sent them b from the Wilderness of Paran according to the command of the LORD, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
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Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
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from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
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c from the tribe of Judah, d Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
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from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
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from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
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from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
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from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
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from the tribe of Joseph, that is, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
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from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
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from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
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from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
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from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
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These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called e Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.
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Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up this way into the South, and go up to f the mountains,
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"and see what the land is like: whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many;
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"whether the land they dwell in is good or bad; whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or strongholds;
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"whether the land is rich or poor; and whether there are forests there or not. g Be of good courage. And bring some of the fruit of the land." Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.
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So they went up and spied out the land h from the Wilderness of Zin as far as i Rehob, near the entrance of j Hamath.
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And they went up through the South and came to k Hebron; Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of l Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
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m Then they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and there cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they carried it between two of them on a pole. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.
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The place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down there.
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Cross References
Numbers 32:8
Thus your fathers did when I sent them away from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.
Deuteronomy 1:22
"And every one of you came near to me and said, 'Let us send men before us, and let them search out the land for us, and bring back word to us of the way by which we should go up, and of the cities into which we shall come.'
Deuteronomy 9:23
Likewise, when the LORD sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, 'Go up and possess the land which I have given you,' then you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and you did not believe Him nor obey His voice.
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Cross References
Numbers 12:16
And afterward the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 32:8
Thus your fathers did when I sent them away from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.
Deuteronomy 1:19
So we departed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw on the way to the mountains of the Amorites, as the LORD our God had commanded us. Then we came to Kadesh Barnea.
Deuteronomy 9:23
Likewise, when the LORD sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, 'Go up and possess the land which I have given you,' then you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and you did not believe Him nor obey His voice.
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Cross References
Numbers 34:19
These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
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Cross References
Numbers 14:6
But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of ...
Numbers 14:30
Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshu...
Joshua 14:6
Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gi...
Joshua 14:7
I was forty years old when Moses the servant of...
Judges 1:12
Then Caleb said, "Whoever attacks Kirjath Sephe...
1 Chronicles 4:15
The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru...
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Cross References
Exodus 17:9
And Moses said to Joshua, "Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.
Deuteronomy 32:44
So Moses came with Joshua the son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.
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Cross References
Judges 1:9
And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the mountains, in the South, and in the lowland.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:6
"Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you."
Deuteronomy 31:7
Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and of good courage, for you must go with this people to the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall cause them to inherit it.
Deuteronomy 31:23
Then He inaugurated Joshua the son of Nun, and said, "Be strong and of good courage; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land of which I swore to them, and I will be with you.
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Cross References
Numbers 20:1
Then the children of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there and was buried there.
Numbers 27:14
For in the Wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to hallow Me at the waters before their eyes." (These are the waters of Meribah, at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.)
Numbers 33:36
They moved from Ezion Geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
Joshua 15:1
So this was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families: The border of Edom at the Wilderness of Zin southward was the extreme southern boundary.
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Cross References
Joshua 19:28
Including Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.
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Cross References
Numbers 34:8
From Mount Hor you shall mark out your border to the entrance of Hamath; then the direction of the border shall be toward Zedad.
Joshua 13:5
The land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath.
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Cross References
Joshua 15:13
Now to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a share among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, namely, Kirjath Arba, which is Hebron ( Arba was the father of Anak).
Joshua 15:14
Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak from there: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
Judges 1:10
Then Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron. (Now the name of Hebron was formerly Kirjath Arba.) And they killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
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Cross References
Joshua 11:21
And at that time Joshua came and cut off the Anakim from the mountains: from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.
Joshua 11:22
None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel; they remained only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod.
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Cross References
Genesis 14:13
Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were allies with Abram.
Numbers 13:24
The place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down there.
Numbers 32:9
For when they went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, so that they did not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
Deuteronomy 1:24
And they departed and went up into the mountains, and came to the Valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
Deuteronomy 1:25
"They also took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us; and they brought back word to us, saying, ' It is a good land which the LORD our God is giving us.'
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