Numbers 13:3 - Easy To Read Version

³ So Moses obeyed the Lord’s command. Moses sent out these leaders while the people were camped in the desert of Paran.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ So Moses by the command of the Lord sent scouts from the Wilderness of Paran, all of them men who were heads of the Israelites.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Jehovah: all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.

Common English Bible

³ So Moses sent them out from the Paran desert according to the LORD’s command. All the men were leaders among the Israelites.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ "Send men, who may examine the land of Canaan, which I will give to the sons of Israel, one from the rulers of each tribe."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Send men to view the land of Chanaan, which I will give to the children of Israel: one of every tribe, of the rulers.

Numbers 13:3 Cross References

Numbers 10:12

So the people of Israel began their journeys. They left the Sinai desert and traveled until the cloud stopped in the desert of Paran.

Numbers 12:16

After that, the people left Hazeroth and traveled to the desert of Paran. The people camped in that desert.

Numbers 13:2

“Send some men to explore the land of Canaan. This is the land that I will give to the people of Israel. Send one leader from each of the twelve family groups.”

Numbers 13:26

The people of Israel were camped near Kadesh, in the desert of Paran. The men went to Moses and Aaron and all the Israelite people. The men told Moses, Aaron, and all the people about the things they saw. And they showed them the fruit from the land.

Numbers 13:4

These are the names of those leaders:

Numbers 32:8

Your fathers did the same thing to me. In Kadesh Barnea I sent spies to look at the land.

Numbers 34:17

“These are the men who will help you divide the land: Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun,

Deuteronomy 1:19

“Then we obeyed the Lord our God. We left Mount Horeb (Sinai) and traveled toward the hill country of the Amorite people. We went through that big and terrible desert that you saw. We came to Kadesh Barnea.

Deuteronomy 1:23

“I thought that was a good idea. So I chose twelve men from among you, one man from each family group.

Deuteronomy 9:23

And you did not obey when the Lord told you to leave Kadesh Barnea. He said, ‘Go up and take the land I am giving you.’ But you refused to obey the Lord your God. You did not trust him. You did not listen to his command.

1 Samuel 25:1

Samuel died. All the Israelites met together and showed their sadness about Samuel’s death. They buried Samuel at his home in Ramah. Then David moved to the Desert of Paran.