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Then ^(C1)the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

"^(C1)Send out men for yourself to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give the sons of Israel; you shall send a man from each of their fathers' tribes, every one a leader among them."

So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the ^(F1)command of the LORD, all of them men who were heads of the sons of Israel.

These then were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;

from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;

from the tribe of Judah, ^(C1)Caleb the son of Jephunneh;

from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;

from the tribe of Ephraim, ^(C1)Hoshea the son of Nun;

from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;

from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;

from the tribe of Joseph, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;

from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;

from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;

from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;

and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.

These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; but Moses called ^(C1)Hoshea the son of Nun, ^(F1)Joshua.

When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he said to them, "Go up there into ^(C1)the ^(F1)Negev; then go up into the hill country.

"See what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many.

"And how is the land in which they live, is it good or bad? And how are the cities in which they live, are the people in open camps or in fortifications?

"And ^(C1)how is the land, is it ^(F1)productive or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? And ^(C2)show yourselves courageous and get some of the fruit of the land." Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.