Numbers 13:2 - Revised Standard Version CI

² “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the people of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a leader among them.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Send men to explore and scout out [for yourselves] the land of Canaan, which I give to the Israelites. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader or head among them.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Send thou men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a prince among them.

Common English Bible

² Send out men to explore the land of Canaan, which I’m giving to the Israelites. Send one man from each ancestral tribe, each a chief among them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And there, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And there the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Numbers 13:2 Cross References

Exodus 18:25

Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Numbers 1:4

And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers.

Numbers 11:16

And the Lord said to Moses, “Gather for me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.

Numbers 13:16

These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.

Numbers 13:3

So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel.

Numbers 32:8

Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.

Numbers 34:18

You shall take one leader of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.

Deuteronomy 1:15

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and set them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officers, throughout your tribes.

Deuteronomy 9:23

And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Go up and take possession of the land which I have given you,’ then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and did not believe him or obey his voice.

Joshua 3:12

Now therefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, from each tribe a man.