“That seemed like a good thing to do, so I selected twelve men, one from each tribe.
The Lord said to Moses,
That is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land.
“But you came to me and said, ‘Let's send men ahead of us to spy out the land, so that they can tell us the best route to take and what kind of cities are there.’
They went into the hill country as far as Eshcol Valley and explored it.