Numbers 13:2

New English Translation

“Send out men to investigate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a leader among them.”

Cross References

Exodus 18:25

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

Numbers 1:4

And to help you there is to be a man from each tribe, each man the head of his family.

Numbers 11:16

The Lord said to Moses, “Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know are elders of the people and officials over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting; let them take their position there with you.

Numbers 13:16

These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to investigate the land. And Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.

Numbers 13:3

So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command of the Lord. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.

Numbers 32:8

Your fathers did the same thing when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.

Numbers 34:18

You must take one leader from every tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 1:15

So I chose as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.

Deuteronomy 9:23

And when he sent you from Kadesh-Barnea and told you, “Go up and possess the land I have given you,” you rebelled against the Lord your God and would neither believe nor obey him.

Joshua 3:12

Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.