Deuteronomy 1:23

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The idea seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one man for each tribe.

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  • Num 13:3-9 : 3 So Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran at the LORD’s command. All of them were men who were leaders of the Israelites. 4 These were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur; 5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori; 6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; 7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph; 8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun; 9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu; 10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi; 11 from the tribe of Joseph, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi; 12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli; 13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael; 14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi; 15 from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi. 16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to explore the land. Moses called Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua. 17 When Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, he said to them, “Go up through the Negev and then into the hill country. 18 See what the land is like, and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. 19 Is the land they live in good or bad? Are the towns they dwell in unwalled or fortified? 20 And what is the land like—is it fertile or barren? Does it have trees or not? Be courageous, and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” It was the season for the first ripe grapes. 21 So they went up and explored the land from the Wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo-hamath. 22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 23 When they reached the Valley of Eshcol, they cut off a branch with a single cluster of grapes. They carried it on a pole between two of them, along with some pomegranates and figs. 24 That place was called the Valley of Eshcol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there. 25 At the end of forty days, they returned from exploring the land. 26 They came back to Moses, Aaron, and the entire assembly of the Israelites at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Paran. There they reported to them and showed them the fruit of the land. 27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed it flows with milk and honey. Here is its fruit. 28 However, the people who live there are strong, and the cities are large and very fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan. 30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.” 31 But the men who had gone up with him said, "We cannot attack these people, for they are stronger than we are." 32 And they spread a bad report about the land they had explored among the Israelites, saying, "The land we explored devours those who live in it, and all the people we saw there are of great size. 33 We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim. To ourselves, we seemed like grasshoppers, and we seemed the same to them."

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  • Deut 1:22
    87%

    22 Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let us send men ahead of us to explore the land and bring back a report about the route we should take and the cities we will come to.'

  • Deut 1:24-25
    2 verses
    83%

    24 They set out and went up into the hill country, and they came to the Valley of Eshkol and explored it.

    25 Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it back to us. And they reported, 'The land that the LORD our God is giving us is good.'

  • Num 13:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

    2 Send men to explore 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.

    3 So Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran at the LORD’s command. All of them were men who were leaders of the Israelites.

  • Josh 3:12
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    12 Now then, select twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from each tribe.

  • Deut 1:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    13 Choose for yourselves wise, discerning, and known men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.

    14 And you answered me and said, 'What you have proposed is good for us to do.'

    15 So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and known men, and appointed them as heads over you—leaders over thousands, hundreds, fifties, tens, and officers for your tribes.

  • Josh 4:2
    76%

    2 “Choose twelve men from among the people, one man from each tribe,

  • Josh 18:4
    75%

    4 Appoint three men from each tribe. I will send them out to survey the land and map it according to their inheritances. Then they will return to me.

  • Josh 4:4
    74%

    4 So Joshua called the twelve men he had chosen from the Israelites, one man from each tribe,

  • Num 32:8-9
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    73%

    8 This is what your ancestors did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land.

    9 They went up to the Valley of Eshcol, saw the land, and discouraged the hearts of the Israelites from entering the land that the Lord had given them.

  • Num 13:23-27
    5 verses
    72%

    23 When they reached the Valley of Eshcol, they cut off a branch with a single cluster of grapes. They carried it on a pole between two of them, along with some pomegranates and figs.

    24 That place was called the Valley of Eshcol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there.

    25 At the end of forty days, they returned from exploring the land.

    26 They came back to Moses, Aaron, and the entire assembly of the Israelites at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Paran. There they reported to them and showed them the fruit of the land.

    27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed it flows with milk and honey. Here is its fruit.

  • Deut 1:19
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    19 Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea.

  • Num 1:17
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    17 Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,

  • Josh 14:7-8
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    7 '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 a report to him as it was in my heart.'

    8 'But my brothers who went up with me discouraged the hearts of the people, while I followed the LORD my God wholeheartedly.'

  • Num 14:7
    72%

    7 And they said to the entire Israelite assembly, "The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good.

  • Num 13:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17 When Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, he said to them, “Go up through the Negev and then into the hill country.

    18 See what the land is like, and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.

  • Num 13:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20 And what is the land like—is it fertile or barren? Does it have trees or not? Be courageous, and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” It was the season for the first ripe grapes.

    21 So they went up and explored the land from the Wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo-hamath.

  • Num 1:44
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    44 These were the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron counted, along with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each the head of his ancestral house.

  • Deut 1:9
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    9 At that time I said to you, 'I cannot carry you by myself alone.

  • Josh 22:30
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    30 Phinehas the priest, the leaders of the congregation, and the heads of the clans of Israel who were with him heard the words spoken by the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the Manassites, and they were pleased.

  • Num 31:5
    70%

    5 So they selected from the thousands of Israel a thousand men from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle.

  • Gen 42:12
    70%

    12 But Joseph insisted, 'No! You have come to see the vulnerability of the land.'

  • Josh 9:11
    69%

    11 So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for the journey and go to meet them. Tell them: We are your servants; now make a treaty with us.’

  • Deut 1:27
    69%

    27 You grumbled in your tents and said, 'Because the LORD hates us, He brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.'

  • Judg 20:10
    69%

    10 We will take ten men out of every hundred, a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand across all the tribes of Israel. They will gather provisions for the army, so we can act against Gibeah in Benjamin for their disgraceful act in Israel.

  • Deut 1:2
    69%

    2 It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

  • Deut 1:33
    69%

    33 who went before you on the way to scout out a place for you to camp, by night in the fire to show you the way you should go, and by day in the cloud.

  • Num 11:16
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    16 The LORD said to Moses, 'Gather seventy men from the elders of Israel whom you know to be leaders of the people and their officials. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting, and have them stand there with you.'

  • Deut 1:41
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    41 Then you answered me and said, 'We have sinned against the LORD. We will go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.' So each of you strapped on his weapons of war and thought it would be easy to go up into the hill country.

  • Num 1:19
    69%

    19 just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So they counted them in the wilderness of Sinai.

  • Josh 22:15
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    15 When they came to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead, they spoke to them, saying:

  • Deut 9:23
    69%

    23 And when the LORD sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, 'Go up and take possession of the land I have given you,' you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You did not trust him or obey his voice.

  • Num 26:4
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    4 ‘Count all men twenty years old and above, as the Lord commanded Moses and the Israelites who had come out of the land of Egypt.’

  • Deut 10:11
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    11 Then the LORD said to me, 'Arise, set out ahead of the people so that they may go and take possession of the land that I swore to their ancestors to give to them.'

  • Num 10:13
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    13 They set out for the first time according to the command of the LORD by Moses.