Numbers 13:3 “So at the command of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness…”

Numbers 13:3

So at the command of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.

World English Bible

Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of the LORD. All of them were men who were heads of the children of Israel.

American Standard Version

And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Jehovah: all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.

Geneva Bible 1599

Sende thou men out to search the lande of Canaan which I giue vnto the children of Israel: of euery tribe of their fathers shall ye sende a man, such as are all rulers among them.

Darby Translation

And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran: according to the commandment of Jehovah, all of them heads of the children of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation

And Moses sendeth them from the wilderness of Paran by the command of Jehovah; all of them [are] men, heads of the sons of Israel they are,

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.”

Numbers 12:16 Numbers 32:8 Deuteronomy 1:19 Deuteronomy 9:23 Deuteronomy 1:23

Numbers 12:16 · BSB

After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.

Numbers 32:8 · BSB

This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.

Deuteronomy 1:19 · BSB

And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,

Deuteronomy 9:23 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 1:23 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2“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.”

4and these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;

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