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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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"Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them."
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So Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
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Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
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from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
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from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
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from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
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from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
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from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
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from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
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from the tribe of Joseph, that is, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
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from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
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from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
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from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
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from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
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These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.
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Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains,
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and see what the land is like: whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many;