Numbers 13:1-17

Spies Sent into Canaan

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 g "Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among them." 3 So Moses sent them from h the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel. 4 And these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur; 5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori; 6 i from the tribe of Judah, j Caleb the son of Jephunneh; 7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph; 8 from the tribe of Ephraim, k Hoshea the son of Nun; 9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu; 10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi; 11 from the tribe of Joseph (that is, from the tribe of Manasseh), Gaddi the son of Susi; 12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli; 13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael; 14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi; 15 from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 16 These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called k Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.

17 Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said to them, "Go up into l the Negeb and go up into m the hill country,

  1. Cross References
    Numbers 32:8
    Your fathers did this, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
    Deuteronomy 1:22 - 25
    Then all of you came near me and said, 'Let us send men before us, that they may explore the land for us and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up and the cities into which we shall come.
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 13:26
    And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
    Numbers 12:16
    After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
    Numbers 32:8
    Your fathers did this, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
    Deuteronomy 1:19
    Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrifying wilderness that you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea.
    Deuteronomy 9:23
    And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, 'Go up and take possession of the land that I have given you,' then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God and did not believe him or obey his voice.
  3. Cross References
    Numbers 34:19
    These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
    1 Chronicles 4:15
    The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah: Kenaz.
  4. Cross References
    Numbers 13:30
    But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and s...
    Numbers 14:6
    And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of ...
    Numbers 14:30
    Not one shall come into the land where I swore ...
    Numbers 26:65
    For the Lord had said of them, "They shall die ...
    Numbers 32:12
    None except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Keni...
    Deuteronomy 1:36
    Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see...
    Joshua 14:6 - 15
    Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilg...
    Joshua 15:13 - 18
    According to the commandment of the Lord to Jos...
    Judges 1:12 - 15
    And Caleb said, "He who attacks Kiriath-sepher ...
  5. Cross References
    Numbers 13:16
    These were the names of the men whom Moses sent...
    Numbers 11:28
    And Joshua the son of Nun, the assistant of Mos...
    Numbers 14:6
    And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of ...
    Numbers 14:30
    Not one shall come into the land where I swore ...
    Numbers 14:38
    Of those men who went to spy out the land, only...
    Exodus 24:13
    So Moses rose with his assistant Joshua, and Mo...
    Deuteronomy 32:44
    Moses came and recited all the words of this so...
    Nehemiah 8:17
    And all the assembly of those who had returned ...
  6. Cross References
    Numbers 13:8
    From the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
  7. Cross References
    Numbers 13:22
    They went up into the Negeb and came to Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. ( Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
    Numbers 13:29
    The Amalekites dwell in the land of the Negeb. The Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country. And the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan.
    Numbers 21:1
    When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negeb, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
    Joshua 15:19
    She said to him, "Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water." And he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
    Judges 1:15
    She said to him, "Give me a blessing. Since you have set me in the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water." And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
  8. Cross References
    Numbers 13:29
    The Amalekites dwell in the land of the Negeb. The Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country. And the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan.
    Judges 1:9
    And afterward the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, in the Negeb, and in the lowland.
    Judges 1:19
    And the Lord was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country, but he could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain because they had chariots of iron.
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