Numbers 13:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Send men to get knowledge about the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from every tribe of their fathers you are to send a man, every one a chief among them.

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  • Deut 1:22-25 : 22 And you came near to me, every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us to go through the land with care and give us an account of the way we are to go and the towns to which we will come. 23 And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe; 24 And they went up into the hill-country and came to the valley of Eshcol, and saw what was there. 25 And taking in their hands some of the fruit of the land, they came down again to us, and gave us their account, saying, It is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us.
  • Num 32:8 : 8 So did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
  • Num 34:18 : 18 And you are to take one chief from every tribe to make the distribution of the land.
  • Deut 1:15 : 15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.
  • Exod 18:25 : 25 And he made selection of able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens.
  • Num 1:4 : 4 And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father's house.
  • Num 11:16 : 16 And the Lord said to Moses, Send for seventy of the responsible men of Israel, who are in your opinion men of weight and authority over the people; make them come to the Tent of meeting and be there with you.
  • Josh 2:1-9 : 1 Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night. 2 And it was said to the king of Jericho, See, some men have come here tonight from the children of Israel with the purpose of searching out the land. 3 Then the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Send out the men who have come to you and are in your house; for they have come with the purpose of searching out all the land. 4 And the woman took the two men and put them in a secret place; then she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I had no idea where they came from; 5 And when it was the time for shutting the doors at dark, they went out; I have no idea where the men went: but if you go after them quickly, you will overtake them. 6 But she had taken them up to the roof, covering them with the stems of flax which she had put out in order there. 7 So the men went after them on the road to Jordan as far as the river-crossing: and when they had gone out after them, the door into the town was shut. 8 And before the men went to rest, she came up to them on the roof, 9 And said to them, It is clear to me that the Lord has given you the land, and that the fear of you has come on us; 10 For we have had news of how the Lord made the Red Sea dry before you when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, on the other side of Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you gave up to the curse. 11 And because of this news, our hearts became like water, and there was no more spirit in any of us because of you; for the Lord your God is God in heaven on high and here on earth. 12 So now, will you give me your oath by the Lord, that, because I have been kind to you, you will be kind to my father's house, 13 And that you will keep safe my father and mother and my brothers and sisters and all they have, so that death may not come on us? 14 And the men said to her, Our life for yours if you keep our business secret; and when the Lord has given us the land, we will keep faith and be kind to you. 15 Then she let them down from the window by a cord, for the house where she was living was on the town wall. 16 And she said to them, Get away into the hill-country, or the men who have gone after you will overtake you; keep yourselves safe there for three days, till the searchers have come back, and then go on your way. 17 And the men said to her, We will only be responsible for this oath which you have made us take, 18 If, when we come into the land, you put this cord of bright red thread in the window from which you let us down; and get your father and mother and your brothers and all your family into the house; 19 Then if anyone goes out of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, we will not be responsible; but if any damage comes to anyone in the house, his blood will be on our heads. 20 But if you say anything about our business here, then we will be free from the oath you have made us take. 21 And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window. 22 And they went into the hill-country and were there three days, till the men who had gone after them had come back; and those who went after them were searching for them everywhere without coming across them. 23 Then the two men came down from the hill-country and went over and came back to Joshua, the son of Nun; and they gave him a complete account of what had taken place. 24 And they said to Joshua, Truly, the Lord has given all the land into our hands; and all the people of the land have become like water because of us.

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  • Num 13:1
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    1 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 13:3
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    3 And Moses sent them from the waste land of Paran as the Lord gave orders, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.

  • Josh 18:4-6
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    82%

    4 Take from among you three men from every tribe; and I will send them to go through the land and make a record of it for distribution as their heritage; then let them come back to me.

    5 And let them make division of it into seven parts: let Judah keep inside his limit on the south, and let the children of Joseph keep inside their limit on the north.

    6 And you are to have the land marked out in seven parts, and come back to me with the record; and I will make the distribution for you here by the decision of the Lord our God.

  • Deut 1:22-25
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    22 And you came near to me, every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us to go through the land with care and give us an account of the way we are to go and the towns to which we will come.

    23 And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe;

    24 And they went up into the hill-country and came to the valley of Eshcol, and saw what was there.

    25 And taking in their hands some of the fruit of the land, they came down again to us, and gave us their account, saying, It is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us.

  • Num 13:16-21
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    16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to get knowledge about the land. And Moses gave to Hoshea, the son of Nun, the name of Joshua.

    17 So Moses sent them to have a look at the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up into the South and into the hill-country;

    18 And see what the land is like; and if the people living in it are strong or feeble, small or great in number;

    19 And what sort of land they are living in, if it is good or bad; and what their living-places are, tent-circles or walled towns;

    20 And if the land is fertile or poor, and if there is wood in it or not. And be of good heart, and come back with some of the produce of the land. Now it was the time when the first grapes were ready.

    21 So they went up and got a view of the land, from the waste land of Zin to Rehob, on the way to Hamath.

  • Josh 3:12
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    12 So take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, a man from every tribe.

  • Josh 4:2
    76%

    2 Take twelve men from the people, a man for every tribe,

  • Num 34:17-19
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    75%

    17 These are the names of the men who are to make the distribution of the land among you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun.

    18 And you are to take one chief from every tribe to make the distribution of the land.

    19 And these are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.

  • Josh 4:4
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    4 So Joshua sent for the twelve men, whom he had ready, one man out of every tribe of the children of Israel,

  • Num 31:4-5
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    4 From every tribe of Israel send a thousand to the war.

    5 So from the thousands of Israel a thousand were taken from every tribe, twelve thousand men armed for war.

  • Num 32:8
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    8 So did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.

  • Num 1:2-4
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    73%

    2 Take the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, every male by name;

    3 All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.

    4 And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father's house.

  • Deut 1:13
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    13 Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

  • Num 34:13
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    13 And Moses gave orders to the children of Israel saying, This is the land which is to be your heritage, by the decision of the Lord, which by the Lord's order is to be given to the nine tribes and the half-tribe:

  • Josh 13:7
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    7 So now make division of this land for a heritage to the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  • Deut 1:15
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    15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.

  • Num 32:28
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    28 So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel.

  • Num 14:7
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    7 Said to all the children of Israel, This land which we went through to see is a very good land.

  • Josh 22:14
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    14 And with him they sent ten chiefs, one for every tribe of the children of Israel, every one of them the head of his house among the families of Israel.

  • Josh 14:1-2
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    71%

    1 And these are the heritages which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar, the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, gave out to them;

    2 Their heritage by the Lord's decision, as he gave orders by Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

  • Num 1:44
    70%

    44 These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe.

  • Josh 18:8-9
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    8 So the men got up and went; and Joshua gave orders to those who went, to make a record of the land, saying, Go up and down through the land, and make a record of it and come back here to me, and I will make the distribution for you here by the decision of the Lord in Shiloh.

    9 So the men went, travelling through the land, and made a record of it by towns in seven parts in a book, and came back to Joshua to the tent-circle at Shiloh.

  • Num 27:17
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    17 To go out and come in before them and be their guide; so that the people of the Lord may not be like sheep without a keeper.

  • Num 34:2
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    2 Give orders to the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land which is to be your heritage, the land of Canaan inside these limits,)

  • Num 34:29
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    29 These are they to whom the Lord gave orders to make the distribution of the heritage among the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

  • Num 13:25-26
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    25 At the end of forty days they came back from viewing the land.

    26 And they came back to Moses and Aaron and all the children of Israel, to Kadesh in the waste land of Paran; and gave an account to them and to all the people and let them see the produce of the land.

  • Num 27:12
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    12 And the Lord said to Moses, Go up into this mountain of Abarim so that you may see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.

  • Num 17:2
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    2 Say to the children of Israel that they are to give you rods, one for every family, for every chief, the head of his father's house, making twelve rods; let every man's name be placed on his rod.

  • Josh 14:5
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    5 As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so the people of Israel did, and they made division of the land.

  • Num 14:36
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    36 And the men whom Moses sent to see the land, and who, by the bad account they gave of the land, were the cause of the outcry the people made against Moses,

  • Deut 1:8
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    8 See, all the land is before you: go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their seed after them.