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From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/numbers/13.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Send out men to explore the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to the Israelites. Send one leader from each of the twelve ancestral tribes.” <a href="/esv/numbers/13.htm">English Standard Version</a> “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among them.” <a href="/bsb/numbers/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man who is a leader among them.” <a href="/kjv/numbers/13.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/numbers/13.htm">New King James Version</a> “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.” <a href="/nasb_/numbers/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Send out men for yourself to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give the sons of Israel; you shall send a man from each of their fathers’ tribes, every one a leader among them.” <a href="/nasb/numbers/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Send out for yourself men so that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give to the sons of Israel; you shall send a man from each of their fathers&#8217 tribes, every one a leader among them.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/numbers/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Send out for yourself men so that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give to the sons of Israel; you shall send a man from each of their fathers’ tribes, every one a leader among them.” <a href="/lsb/numbers/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Send out for yourself men so that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give to the sons of Israel; you shall send a man from each of their fathers’ tribes, every one a leader among them.” <a href="/amp/numbers/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give to the sons of Israel. From each of their fathers’ tribes you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.” <a href="/csb/numbers/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.” <a href="/hcsb/numbers/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.&#8221 <a href="/asv/numbers/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/numbers/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> "Choose a leader from each tribe and send them into Canaan to explore the land I am giving you." <a href="/erv/numbers/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/numbers/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Send men to explore Canaan, which I'm giving to the Israelites. Send one leader from each of their ancestors' tribes." <a href="/gnt/numbers/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Choose one of the leaders from each of the twelve tribes and send them as spies to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites." <a href="/isv/numbers/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Send men to explore the land of Canaan that I'm about to give to the Israelis. Send one man to represent each of his ancestor's tribes, every one of them a distinguished leader among them." <a href="/msb/numbers/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each of their fathers? tribes send one man who is a leader among them.? <a href="/net/numbers/13.htm">NET Bible</a> "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." <a href="/nheb/numbers/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Send men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. Of every tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a prince among them." <a href="/wbt/numbers/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. <a href="/web/numbers/13.htm">World English Bible</a> “Send men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. Of every tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a prince among them.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/numbers/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “Send men for yourself, and they spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel; one man—you send one man for the tribe of his fathers, everyone a prince among them.” <a href="/ylt/numbers/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'Send for thee men, and they spy the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel; one man, one man for the tribe of his fathers ye do send, every one a prince among them.' <a href="/slt/numbers/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Send for thyself men, and they shall search out the land of Canaan, which I give to the sons of Israel: one man, one man for the tribe of his fathers shall ye send, all chiefs among them.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/numbers/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Send men to view the land of Chanaan, which I will give to the children of Israel, one of every tribe, of the rulers. <a href="/cpdv/numbers/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> <V 13:3> “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.” <a href="/nabre/numbers/13.htm">New American Bible</a> Send men to reconnoiter the land of Canaan, which I am giving the Israelites. You shall send one man from each ancestral tribe, every one a leader among them. <a href="/nrsvce/numbers/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites; from each of their ancestral tribes you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/numbers/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Send men that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel; of every tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a chief among them. <a href="/hpbt/numbers/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> “Send men; they shall explore the land of Canaan that I give to the children of Israel; every Leader that is among them, send one man from the tribe of his fathers.”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/numbers/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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.' <a href="/sep/numbers/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Send for thee men, and let them spy the land of the Chananites, which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession; one man for a tribe, thou shalt send them away according to their families, every one of them a prince. <a href="/parallel/numbers/13-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=4010" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/numbers/13.htm">The Spies Explore Canaan</a> 1And the LORD said to Moses, 2<a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: šə·laḥ- (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">“Send out</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">for yourself</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: ’ă·nā·šîm (N-mp) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">men</a> <a href="/hebrew/8446.htm" title="8446: wə·yā·ṯu·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3mp) -- To seek out, spy out, explore. A primitive root; to meander about, especially for trade or reconnoitring.">to spy out</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3667.htm" title="3667: kə·na·‘an (N-proper-ms) -- From kana'; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him.">of Canaan,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">which</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nō·ṯên (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">am giving</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: liḇ·nê (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">to the Israelites.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kōl (N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">From each</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">of their fathers’</a> <a href="/hebrew/4294.htm" title="4294: lə·maṭ·ṭêh (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Or mattah; from natah; a branch; figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising, ruling, throwing, or walking.">tribes</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: tiš·lā·ḥū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">send</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">one</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">man</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5387.htm" title="5387: nā·śî (N-ms) -- Or nasi'; from nasa'; properly, an exalted one, i.e. A king or sheik; also a rising mist.">who is a leader</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">among them.”</a> 3So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-22.htm">Deuteronomy 1:22-23</a> Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us to search out the land and bring us word of what route to follow and which cities to enter.” / The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe. <a href="/joshua/2-1.htm">Joshua 2:1-24</a> Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there. / And it was reported to the king of Jericho: “Behold, some men of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land.” / So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab and said, “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole land.” ... <a href="/hebrews/3-16.htm">Hebrews 3:16-19</a> For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? ... <a href="/deuteronomy/9-23.htm">Deuteronomy 9:23</a> And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him. <a href="/joshua/14-7.htm">Joshua 14:7-8</a> I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back to him an honest report. / Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God. <a href="/nehemiah/9-13.htm">Nehemiah 9:13-15</a> You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments. / You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses. / In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them. <a href="/psalms/106-24.htm">Psalm 106:24-25</a> They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise. / They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD. <a href="/deuteronomy/1-8.htm">Deuteronomy 1:8</a> See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.” <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8</a> I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. <a href="/deuteronomy/7-1.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1</a> When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you— <a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Acts 7:45</a> And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David, <a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1-2</a> Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it. / For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-24.htm">Deuteronomy 11:24</a> Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea. <a href="/exodus/23-20.htm">Exodus 23:20-23</a> Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. / Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him. / But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes. ... <a href="/joshua/1-11.htm">Joshua 1:11</a> “Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you will cross the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Send you men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a ruler among them.send thou<a href="/numbers/32-8.htm">Numbers 32:8</a> Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.<a href="/deuteronomy/1-22.htm">Deuteronomy 1:22-25</a> And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come… <a href="/joshua/2-1.htm">Joshua 2:1</a> And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.of every<a href="/numbers/1-4.htm">Numbers 1:4</a> And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.<a href="/numbers/34-18.htm">Numbers 34:18</a> And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.a ruler<a href="/numbers/11-16.htm">Numbers 11:16</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.<a href="/exodus/18-25.htm">Exodus 18:25</a> And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.<a href="/deuteronomy/1-15.htm">Deuteronomy 1:15</a> So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/1-47.htm">Ancestral</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-38.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/numbers/11-4.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-1.htm">Explore</a> <a href="/numbers/11-30.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/11-4.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/numbers/7-78.htm">Prince</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-22.htm">Ruler</a> <a href="/numbers/10-33.htm">Search</a> <a href="/numbers/10-33.htm">Spy</a> <a href="/numbers/10-27.htm">Tribe</a> <a href="/numbers/10-5.htm">Tribes</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/17-3.htm">Ancestral</a> <a href="/numbers/13-17.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/numbers/13-3.htm">Children</a> <a href="/numbers/13-16.htm">Explore</a> <a href="/numbers/13-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/13-3.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/numbers/16-13.htm">Prince</a> <a href="/numbers/16-13.htm">Ruler</a> <a href="/numbers/13-16.htm">Search</a> <a href="/numbers/13-16.htm">Spy</a> <a href="/numbers/13-4.htm">Tribe</a> <a href="/numbers/24-2.htm">Tribes</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 13</div>1. <a href="/numbers/13-1.htm">The names of the men who were sent to search the land</a> 17. <a href="/numbers/13-17.htm">Their instructions</a> 21. <a href="/numbers/13-21.htm">Their acts</a> 26. <a href="/numbers/13-26.htm">Their relation</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan This directive comes from God to Moses, indicating divine initiative in the exploration of Canaan. The land of Canaan is significant as it is the Promised Land, a central theme in the narrative of the Israelites. Historically, Canaan was a region with diverse city-states and cultures, often associated with idolatry and pagan practices. The act of sending spies reflects a common ancient Near Eastern military strategy to assess the strength and resources of a land before invasion. This phrase also foreshadows the challenges and faith tests the Israelites will face.which I am giving to the Israelites This phrase underscores the divine promise and covenant God made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, affirming that the land is a gift from God to the descendants of Israel. It highlights God's sovereignty and faithfulness in fulfilling His promises. Theologically, this promise is a type of the ultimate rest and inheritance believers find in Christ, as referenced in <a href="/hebrews/4.htm">Hebrews 4</a>. The certainty of God's gift contrasts with the Israelites' later doubts and fears.From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man The instruction to select one man from each tribe emphasizes the representative nature of the mission. It ensures that all tribes have a stake in the reconnaissance and subsequent report, promoting unity and shared responsibility. This tribal representation reflects the organizational structure of Israel, rooted in their patriarchal lineage. It also serves as a reminder of the twelve tribes' origin from the sons of Jacob, linking back to the patriarchal narratives in Genesis.who is a leader among them The selection of leaders indicates the importance and seriousness of the mission. These men were not only to gather intelligence but also to influence and guide their respective tribes based on their findings. Leadership in this context required wisdom, courage, and faith, qualities that would be tested in the subsequent narrative. This phrase also highlights the biblical theme of leadership accountability, as the leaders' report would significantly impact the faith and actions of the entire nation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt and through the wilderness. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who were promised the land of Canaan by God. 3. <a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a> The land promised by God to the Israelites, described as a land flowing with milk and honey. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_twelve_spies.htm">The Twelve Spies</a> Representatives from each of the twelve tribes of Israel, tasked with scouting the land of Canaan. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_tribes_of_israel.htm">The Tribes of Israel</a> The twelve tribes, each descending from one of the sons of Jacob, also known as Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_command.htm">Obedience to God's Command</a> God instructed Moses to send spies, demonstrating the importance of following divine guidance even when the path is uncertain. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_responsibility.htm">Leadership and Responsibility</a> Each tribe sent a leader, emphasizing the role of leadership in carrying out God's plans and the responsibility leaders have to their people. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a> The mission to spy out Canaan was rooted in God's promise to give the land to Israel, reminding believers to trust in God's promises despite challenges. <a href="/topical/p/preparation_and_strategy.htm">Preparation and Strategy</a> The reconnaissance mission shows the value of preparation and strategic planning in fulfilling God's purposes. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_unity.htm">Community and Unity</a> The involvement of all twelve tribes underscores the importance of unity and collective effort in achieving God's objectives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 13</a> <a href="/q/is_there_work_in_heaven.htm">What is the identity of the Kenizzites?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_the_tribe_of_manasseh_important.htm">What is the significance of the Tribe of Manasseh?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_tribe_of_ephraim.htm">What is the Tribe of Ephraim?</a> <a href="/q/who_are_the_calebites_in_the_bible.htm">Who are the Calebites in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) Every one a ruler among them.--Or, a prince among them, as in <a href="/numbers/1-16.htm" title="These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.">Numbers 1:16</a>. A comparison of the names which follow with those which are given in <a href="/context/numbers/1-5.htm" title="And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.">Numbers 1:5-15</a> will show that the persons selected were not the tribal princes who are mentioned in connection with the census. The tribe of Levi, as in the former case, is not represented, as the Levites were to have no inheritance in the land, and the number of twelve, as in Numbers 1, is. made up by the division of the tribe of Joseph into the two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 2. - Send thou men, that they may search the land. If this account of the mission of the spies be compared with that given in <a href="/deuteronomy/1-20.htm">Deuteronomy 1:20-25</a>, it may be seen in a striking instance how entirely different a colour may be put upon the same circumstances by two inspired narratives. No one indeed will affirm that the two records are contradictory, or even inconsistent, and yet they leave an entirely different impression upon the mind; and no doubt were intended to. It is important to note that the Divine inspiration did not in the least prevent two sacred authors (cf. <a href="/2_samuel/24-1.htm">2 Samuel 24:1</a> with <a href="/1_chronicles/21-1.htm">1 Chronicles 21:1</a>), or even the same author at different times, from placing on record very distinct and even strongly contrasted aspects of the same facts, according to the point of view from which he was led to regard them. In <a href="/deuteronomy/1.htm">Deuteronomy 1</a>, Moses reminds the people that on their arrival at Kadesh he had bidden them go up and take possession; that they had then proposed to send men before them to examine the land; that the proposal had pleased him so well that he had adopted it and acted upon it. It is unquestionably strange that facts so material should have been omitted in the historical Book of Numbers. It is, however, to be considered - 1. That there is no contradiction between the two accounts. We may be certain from many a recorded example that Moses would not have acted on the popular suggestion without referring the matter to the Lord, and that it would be the Divine command (when given) which would really weigh with him. 2. That the recital in Deuteronomy is distinctly ad populum, and that therefore their part in the whole transaction is as strongly emphasized as is consistent with the truth of the facts. 3. That the narrative of Numbers is fragmentary, and does not profess to give a full account of matters, especially in such particulars as do not directly concern the Divine government and guidance of Israel. It is not, therefore, a serious difficulty that the record only begins here at the point when God adopted as his own what had been the demand of the people. If we ask why he so adopted it, the probable answer is that he knew what secret disaffection prompted it, and to what open rebellion it would lead. It was better that such disaffection should be allowed to ripen into rebellion before they entered their promised land. Miserable as the desert wandering might be, it was yet a discipline which prepared the nation for better things; whereas the invasion of Canaan without strong faith, courage, and self-restraint (such as they showed under Joshua) could but have ended in national disaster and destruction. Of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man. This was not part of the original proposition (<a href="/deuteronomy/1-22.htm">Deuteronomy 1:22</a>), but was agreeable to the general practice in matters of national concern, and was no doubt commanded in order that the whole people might share in the interest and responsibility of this survey. Every one a ruler among them. This does not mean that they were to be the tribe princes (as the names show), for they would not be suitable in respect of age, nor could they be spared for this service. They were "heads of the children of Israel" (verse 3), i.e., men of position and repute, but also no doubt comparatively young and active, as befitted a toilsome and hazardous excursion. <a href="/commentaries/numbers/13-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“Send שְׁלַח־ (šə·laḥ-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> To send away, for, out men אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person to spy וְיָתֻ֙רוּ֙ (wə·yā·ṯu·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8446.htm">Strong's 8446: </a> To meander, about, for, trade, reconnoitring out the land אֶ֣רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of Canaan, כְּנַ֔עַן (kə·na·‘an) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3667.htm">Strong's 3667: </a> Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan which אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I am giving נֹתֵ֖ן (nō·ṯên) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set to the Israelites. לִבְנֵ֣י (liḇ·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son From each כֹּ֖ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every of their fathers' אֲבֹתָיו֙ (’ă·ḇō·ṯāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father tribes לְמַטֵּ֤ה (lə·maṭ·ṭêh) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4294.htm">Strong's 4294: </a> A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe send תִּשְׁלָ֔חוּ (tiš·lā·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> To send away, for, out one אֶחָד֩ (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> United, one, first man אִ֨ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person who is a leader נָשִׂ֥יא (nā·śî) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5387.htm">Strong's 5387: </a> An exalted one, a king, sheik, a rising mist among them.” בָהֶֽם׃ (ḇā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/13-2.htm">Numbers 13:2 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/numbers/13-2.htm">Numbers 13:2 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/numbers/13-2.htm">Numbers 13:2 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/numbers/13-2.htm">Numbers 13:2 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/numbers/13-2.htm">Numbers 13:2 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/13-2.htm">Numbers 13:2 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/13-2.htm">Numbers 13:2 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/13-2.htm">Numbers 13:2 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/13-2.htm">Numbers 13:2 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/numbers/13-2.htm">Numbers 13:2 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/numbers/13-2.htm">OT Law: Numbers 13:2 Send you men that they may spy (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/13-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 13:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 13:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/13-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 13:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 13:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>