The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man from each tribe.
The Lord said to Moses,
This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land.
Then all of you came to me and said, “Let us send men ahead to spy out the land for us and bring back a report about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to.”
They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshkol and explored it.