Numbers 13:2

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“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.”

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  • Deut 1:22-25 : 22 So all of you approached me and said,“Let’s send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there.” 23 I thought this was a good idea, so I sent twelve men from among you, one from each tribe. 24 They left and went up to the hill country, coming to the Eshcol Valley, which they scouted out. 25 Then they took some of the produce of the land and carried it back down to us. They also brought a report to us, saying,“The land that the LORD our God is about to give us is good.”
  • Num 32:8 : 8 Your fathers did the same thing when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.
  • Num 34:18 : 18 You must take one leader from every tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.
  • Deut 1:15 : 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.
  • Exod 18:25 : 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.
  • Num 1:4 : 4 And to help you there is to be a man from each tribe, each man the head of his family.
  • Num 11:16 : 16 The Response of God 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.
  • Josh 2:1-9 : 1 Joshua Sends Spies into the Land Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them:“Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there. 2 The king of Jericho received this report:“Note well! Israelite men have come here tonight to spy on the land.” 3 So the king of Jericho sent this order to Rahab:“Turn over the men who came to you– the ones who came to your house– for they have come to spy on the whole land!” 4 But the woman hid the two men and replied,“Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn’t know where they came from. 5 When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. I don’t know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!” 6 (Now she had taken them up to the roof and had hidden them in the stalks of flax she had spread out on the roof.) 7 Meanwhile the king’s men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River near the fords. The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them. 8 Now before the spies went to sleep, Rahab went up to the roof. 9 She said to the men,“I know the LORD is handing this land over to you. We are absolutely terrified of you, and all who live in the land are cringing before you. 10 For we heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt and how you annihilated the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og, on the other side of the Jordan. 11 When we heard the news we lost our courage and no one could even breathe for fear of you. For the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on earth below! 12 So now, promise me this with an oath sworn in the LORD’s name. Because I have shown allegiance to you, show allegiance to my family. Give me a solemn pledge 13 that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us from death.” 14 The men said to her,“If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we’ve been up to, then, when the LORD hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance to you.” 15 Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window.(Her house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.) 16 She told them,“Head to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don’t find you. Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you to return. Then you can be on your way.” 17 The men said to her,“We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met: 18 When we invade the land, tie this red rope in the window through which you let us down, and gather together in your house your father, mother, brothers, and all who live in your father’s house. 19 Anyone who leaves your house will be responsible for his own death– we are innocent in that case! But if anyone with you in the house is harmed, we will be responsible. 20 If you should report what we’ve been up to, we are not bound by this oath you made us swear.” 21 She said,“I agree to these conditions.” She sent them on their way and then tied the red rope in the window. 22 They went to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them to return. Their pursuers looked all along the way but did not find them. 23 Then the two men returned– they came down from the hills, crossed the river, came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered. 24 They told Joshua,“Surely the LORD is handing over all the land to us! All who live in the land are cringing before us!”

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  • Num 13:1
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    1Spies Sent Out The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 13:3
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    3So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command of the LORD. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.

  • Josh 18:4-6
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    4Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me.

    5Divide it into seven regions. Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and the family of Joseph in its territory in the north.

    6But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the LORD our God.

  • Deut 1:22-25
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    22So all of you approached me and said,“Let’s send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there.”

    23I thought this was a good idea, so I sent twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

    24They left and went up to the hill country, coming to the Eshcol Valley, which they scouted out.

    25Then they took some of the produce of the land and carried it back down to us. They also brought a report to us, saying,“The land that the LORD our God is about to give us is good.”

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

    17The Spies’ Instructions When Moses sent them to investigate the land of Canaan, he told them,“Go up through the Negev, and then go up into the hill country

    18and see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, few or many,

    19and whether the land they live in is good or bad, and whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or fortified cities,

    20and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether or not there are forests in it. And be brave, and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” Now it was the time of year for the first ripe grapes.

    21The Spies’ Activities So they went up and investigated the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, at Lebo Hamath.

  • Josh 3:12
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    12Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.

  • Josh 4:2
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    2“Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.

  • Num 34:17-19
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    17“These are the names of the men who are to allocate the land to you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.

    18You must take one leader from every tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.

    19These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

  • Josh 4:4
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    4Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.

  • Num 31:4-5
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    4You must send to the battle a thousand men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel.”

    5So a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel.

  • Num 32:8
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    8Your fathers did the same thing when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.

  • Num 1:2-4
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    2“Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and families, counting the name of every individual male.

    3You and Aaron are to number all in Israel who can serve in the army, those who are twenty years old or older, by their divisions.

    4And to help you there is to be a man from each tribe, each man the head of his family.

  • Deut 1:13
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    13Select wise and practical men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders.”

  • Num 34:13
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    13Then Moses commanded the Israelites:“This is the land which you will inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes,

  • Josh 13:7
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    7Now, divide up this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

  • Deut 1:15
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    15So 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.

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

  • Num 14:7
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    7They said to the whole community of the Israelites,“The land we passed through to investigate is an exceedingly good land.

  • Josh 22:14
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    14He was accompanied by ten leaders, one from each of the Israelite tribes, each one a family leader among the Israelite clans.

  • Josh 14:1-2
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    1Judah’s Tribal Lands The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders.

    2The land assignments to the nine and a half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the LORD had instructed Moses.

  • Num 1:44
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    44These were the men whom Moses and Aaron numbered along with the twelve leaders of Israel, each of whom was from his own family.

  • Josh 18:8-9
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    8When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land,“Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the LORD here in Shiloh.”

    9The men journeyed through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

  • Num 27:17
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    17who will go out before them, and who will come in before them, and who will lead them out, and who will bring them in, so that the community of the LORD may not be like sheep that have no shepherd.”

  • Num 34:2
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    2“Give these instructions to the Israelites, and tell them:‘When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan with its borders,

  • Num 34:29
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    29These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to divide up the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

  • Num 13:25-26
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    25They returned from investigating the land after forty days.

    26The Spies’ Reports They came back to Moses and Aaron and to the whole community of the Israelites in the wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They reported to the whole community and showed the fruit of the land.

  • Num 27:12
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    12Leadership Change Then the LORD said to Moses,“Go up this mountain of the Abarim range, and see the land I have given to the Israelites.

  • Num 17:2
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    2“Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe, one from every tribal leader, twelve staffs; you must write each man’s name on his staff.

  • Josh 14:5
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    5The Israelites followed the LORD’s instructions to Moses and divided up the land.

  • Num 14:36
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    36The men whom Moses sent to investigate the land, who returned and made the whole community murmur against him by producing an evil report about the land,

  • Deut 1:8
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    8Look! I have already given the land to you. Go, occupy the territory that I, the LORD, promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants.”