Bible Cross References
Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.
Numbers 13:2-26
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"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."
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Moses obeyed and from the wilderness of Paran he sent out leaders, as follows: (Tribe: Leader); Reuben: Shammua son of Zaccur; Simeon: Shaphat son of Hori; Judah: Caleb son of Jephunneh; Issachar: Igal son of Joseph; Ephraim: Hoshea son of Nun; Benjamin: Palti son of Raphu; Zebulun: Gaddiel son of Sodi; Manasseh: Gaddi son of Susi; Dan: Ammiel son of Gemalli; Asher: Sethur son of Michael; Naphtali: Nahbi son of Vophsi; Gad: Geuel son of Machi
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These are the spies Moses sent to explore the land. He changed the name of Hoshea son of Nun to Joshua.
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When Moses sent them out, he said to them, "Go north from here into the southern part of the land of Canaan and then on into the hill country.
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Find out what kind of country it is, how many people live there, and how strong they are.
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Find out whether the land is good or bad and whether the people live in open towns or in fortified cities.
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Find out whether the soil is fertile and whether the land is wooded. And be sure to bring back some of the fruit that grows there." (It was the season when grapes were beginning to ripen.)
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So the men went north and explored the land from the wilderness of Zin in the south all the way to Rehob, near Hamath Pass in the north.
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They went first into the southern part of the land and came to Hebron, where the clans of Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of a race of giants called the Anakim, lived. (Hebron was founded seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
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They came to Eshcol Valley, and there they cut off a branch which had one bunch of grapes on it so heavy that it took two men to carry it on a pole between them. They also brought back some pomegranates and figs.
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(That place was named Eshcol Valley because of the bunch of grapes the Israelites cut off there.)
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After exploring the land for forty days, the spies returned
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to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had brought.
Numbers 14:2
They complained against Moses and Aaron, and said, "It would have been better to die in Egypt or even here in the wilderness!
Deuteronomy 1:22
"But you came to me and said, 'Let's send men ahead of us to spy out the land, so that they can tell us the best route to take and what kind of cities are there.'
Deuteronomy 1:23
"That seemed like a good thing to do, so I selected twelve men, one from each tribe.
Joshua 14:6
One day some people from the tribe of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. One of them, Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, said to him, "You know what the LORD said in Kadesh Barnea about you and me to Moses, the man of God.
Joshua 14:7
I was forty years old when the LORD's servant Moses sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out this land. I brought an honest report back to him.