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Numbers 13:3

NumbersNum 13
So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He sent out twelve men, all tribal leaders of Israel, from their camp in the wilderness of Paran.
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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Paran;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Holy Land;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Kadesh or Kadesh-Barnea;   Paran, or El-Paran;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Joshua the son of nun;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Kadesh;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Arabia;   Caleb;   Wilderness of the Wanderings;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kadesh-Barnea;   Paran;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hexateuch;   Israel;   Joshua;   Judah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Paran ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Tribes;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ka'desh, Ka'desh-Bar'ne-A;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Paran;   Wanderings of Israel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Atonement;   Paran;   Wilderness, Wanderings in the;  

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Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Moshe sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the mitzvah of the LORD: all of them men who were heads of the children of Yisra'el.
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.
Lexham English Bible
So Moses sent them from the desert of Paran on the command of Yahweh; all of the men were leaders of the Israelites.
New Century Version
So Moses obeyed the Lord 's command and sent the Israelite leaders out from the Desert of Paran.
New English Translation
So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command of the Lord . All of them were leaders of the Israelites.
Amplified Bible
So Moses sent spies from the Wilderness of Paran at the command of the LORD, all of them men who were heads of the Israelites.
New American Standard Bible
So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command of the LORD, all of them men who were heads of the sons of Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Moses sent them out of the wildernesse of Paran at the commandement of the Lorde: all those men were heades of the children of Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command of Yahweh, all of them men who were heads of the sons of Israel.
Contemporary English Version
So Moses sent twelve tribal leaders from Israel's camp in the Paran Desert
Complete Jewish Bible
Moshe dispatched them from the Pa'ran Desert as Adonai had ordered; all of them were leading men among the people of Isra'el.
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Moses obeyed the Lord 's command and sent out the Israelite leaders while the people were camped in the desert of Paran.
English Standard Version
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 people of Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran by the commandment of the LORD; all of those men were chieftains of the children of Israel.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran at the Lord’s command. All the men were leaders in Israel.
Literal Translation
And by the command of Jehovah Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran they were all of them men, heads of the sons of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Moses sent the out of the wildernes of Paran, acordinge to the worde of the LORDE, soch as were all heades amonge the children of Israel, and these are their names:
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.
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Moyses at the commaundement of the Lorde, sent foorth out of the wyldernesse of Pharan, suche men as were all heades of the chyldren of Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of the LORD; all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
King James Version (1611)
And Moses by the commaundement of the Lord, sent them from the wildernes of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Send for thee men, and let them spy the land of the Chananites, which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession; one man for a tribe, thou shalt send them away according to their families, every one of them a prince.
English Revised Version
And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of the LORD: all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
So at the command of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Moises dide that that the Lord comaundide, and sente fro the deseert of Pharan princes, men of whiche these ben the names.
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,
Update Bible Version
And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Yahweh: all of them men who were heads of the sons of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
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 Yahweh: all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
New King James Version
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.
New Life Bible
So Moses sent them from the desert of Paran, as the Lord had told him. All of the men were heads of the people of Israel.
New Revised Standard
So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord , all of them leading men among the Israelites.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then Moses sent them out of the desert of Paran, at the bidding of Yahweh, - all of them, great men, heads of the seas of Israel, were they.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(13-4) Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending from the desert of Pharan, principal men, whose names are these:
Revised Standard Version
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 people of Israel.
THE MESSAGE
So Moses sent them off from the Wilderness of Paran at the command of God . All of them were leaders in Israel, one from each tribe. These were their names: from Reuben: Shammua son of Zaccur from Simeon: Shaphat son of Hori from Judah: Caleb son of Jephunneh from Issachar: Igal son of Joseph from Ephraim: Hoshea son of Nun from Benjamin: Palti son of Raphu from Zebulun: Gaddiel son of Sodi from Manasseh (a Joseph tribe): Gaddi son of Susi from Dan: Ammiel son of Gemalli from Asher: Sethur son of Michael from Naphtali: Nahbi son of Vophsi from Gad: Geuel son of Maki.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command of the LORD, all of them men who were heads of the sons of Israel.
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Contextual Overview

1 The Lord now said to Moses, 2 "Send out men to explore the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to the Israelites. Send one leader from each of the twelve ancestral tribes." 3 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He sent out twelve men, all tribal leaders of Israel, from their camp in the wilderness of Paran. 4 These were the tribes and the names of their leaders:
Tribe Leader
Reuben Shammua son of Zaccur 5
Simeon Shaphat son of Hori 6
Judah Caleb son of Jephunneh 7
Issachar Igal son of Joseph 8
Ephraim Hoshea son of Nun 9
Benjamin Palti son of Raphu 10
Zebulun Gaddiel son of Sodi
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Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The wilderness of Paran, says Dr. Wells, seems to have been taken in a larger, and in a stricter sense. In the larger sense, it seems to have denoted all the desert and mountainous tract, lying between the wilderness of Shur westward, and mount Seir, or the land of Edom, eastward, the land of Canaan northward, and the Red sea southward. And in this sense, it seems to have comprehended the wilderness of Sin, and the wilderness of Sinai, also the adjoining tract wherein lay Kibroth-hattaavah and Hazeroth. In this sense it may be understood in Deuteronomy 1:19, where, by "that great and terrible wilderness," is intended the wilderness of Paran in its largest acceptation; for, in its stricter acceptation, it seems not to have been so great and terrible a wilderness; but is taken to denote more peculiarly that part of Arabia Petrea which lies between mount Sinai and Hazeroth west, and mount Seir east. Numbers 12:16, Numbers 32:8, Deuteronomy 1:19, Deuteronomy 1:23, Deuteronomy 9:23

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:6 - Elparan Genesis 21:21 - in the Numbers 10:12 - the wilderness Numbers 13:26 - unto the wilderness 1 Samuel 25:1 - the wilderness

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Cross-References

Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.
Genesis 13:8
Finally Abram said to Lot, "Let's not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives!
Genesis 13:9
The whole countryside is open to you. Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate. If you want the land to the left, then I'll take the land on the right. If you prefer the land on the right, then I'll go to the left."
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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Moses, by the commandment of the Lord,.... By his power, permission, and leave, as Jarchi, that there might be no delay through his means:

sent them from the wilderness of Paran; from Rithmah or Kadeshbarnea, which seem to be one and the same place in that wilderness: this, as before observed, was on the twenty ninth day of Sivan:

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all those [were] heads of the children of Israel; were not mean and vulgar men, but persons of rule, who bore some office of magistracy ant government among the people in their respective tribes.

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