Bible ~~- Older Testament ~~- Numbers (Journeys) ~~- chapter 13 of 36 (33 verses.)

Numbers (Journeys) 13:2Wrench

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[YAH's angel] says, β€œ[Since the people demand it, because they don't trust Me, go ahead and] send men to search the land [which I'm taking away from] Canaan {LowLand} to give to the descendants of Israel.
For every ancestral tribe, send one man, each one the top [tribal] chief, [the leader of his family's thousands of people].”

Note: YHVH allowed this search to take place, but only because the people had faithlessly demanded it in Deut 1:19-22.
YHVH had already told them about how great the land was.
This is the way we humans are.
YHVH tells us everything we need to know.
Still we don't listen to him.
The fact that these were chiefs is what made their rebellion so serious.



Other English Bible translations of Numbers (Journeys) 13:2:

Complete Jewish Bible (Sacred Name Version)CJB-SN"Send men on your behalf to reconnoiter the land of Kenaβ€˜an, which I am giving to the people of Isra’el. From each ancestral tribe send someone who is a leader in his tribe."
New International Version (Sacred Name)NIV-SR'Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.'
New International Readers Version (Sacred Name)NIRV-SN'Send some men to check out the land of Canaan. I am giving it to the people of Israel. Send one leader from each of Israel's tribes.'
New Living Translation (Sacred Name Version)NLT-SN'Send men to explore the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to Israel. Send one leader from each of the twelve ancestral tribes.'
New Revised Standard (Sacred Name Edition)NRSV-SN"Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites; from each of their ancestral tribes you shall send a man, every one a leader among them."
The Message (Sacred Name Version)MSG-SN'Send men to scout out the country of Canaan that I am giving to the People of Israel. Send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a tried-and-true leader in the tribe.'
Good News Translation (Sacred Name)GNT-SN"Choose one of the leaders from each of the twelve tribes and send them as spies to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites."
New American Standard (Sacred Name Bible)NASB-SN'Send out for yourself men so that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give to the sons of Israel; you shall send a man from each of their fathers' tribes, every one a leader among them.'
King James Version (unedited)KJVSend thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.