Numbers 13:1-33, NLT
Numbers 13
Twelve Scouts Explore Canaan
1The Lord now said to Moses,
Tribe | Leader |
Reuben | Shammua son of Zaccur |
5Simeon | Shaphat son of Hori |
6Judah | Caleb son of Jephunneh |
7Issachar | Igal son of Joseph |
8Ephraim | Hoshea son of Nun |
9Benjamin | Palti son of Raphu |
10Zebulun | Gaddiel son of Sodi |
11Manasseh son of Joseph | Gaddi son of Susi |
12Dan | Ammiel son of Gemalli |
13Asher | Sethur son of Michael |
14Naphtali | Nahbi son of Vophsi |
15Gad | Geuel son of Maki |
16These are the names of the men Moses sent out to explore the land. (Moses called Hoshea son of Nun by the name Joshua.)
17Moses gave the men these instructions as he sent them out to explore the land: “Go north through the Negev into the hill country.
21So they went up and explored the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, near Lebo-hamath.
The Scouting Report
25After exploring the land for forty days, the men returned
30But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses. “Let’s go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly conquer it!”
31But the other men who had explored the land with him disagreed. “We can’t go up against them! They are stronger than we are!”