Numbers 13:3
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New International Version (©2011)
So at the LORD's command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.

New Living Translation (©2007)
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.

English Standard Version (©2001)
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.

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.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran at the LORD's command. All the men were leaders in Israel.

International Standard Version (©2012)
So that's just what Moses did, sending them from the Wilderness of Paran according to the LORD's instructions. All of the men were Israeli leaders.

NET Bible (©2006)
So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command of the LORD. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So at the LORD's command, Moses sent these men from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
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.

American 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.

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending from the desert of Pharan, principal men, whose names are these:

Darby Bible 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.

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.

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.

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,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

13:1-20 A memorable and melancholy history is related in this and the following chapter, of the turning back of Israel from the borders of Canaan, and the sentencing them to wander and perish in the wilderness, for their unbelief and murmuring. It appears, De 1:22, that the motion to search out the land came from the people. They had a better opinion of their own policy than of God's wisdom. Thus we ruin ourselves by believing the reports and representations of sense rather than Divine revelation. We walk by sight not by faith. Moses gave the spies this charge, Be of good courage. It was not only a great undertaking they were put upon, which required good management and resolution; but a great trust was reposed in them, which required that they should be faithful. Courage in such circumstances can only spring from strong faith, which Caleb and Joshua alone possessed.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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: See Gill on Numbers 13:1,

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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

3. those men were heads of the children of Israel—Not the princes who are named (Nu 10:14-16, 18-20, 22-27), but chiefs, leading men though not of the first rank.

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Spies Sent to Canaan
1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2Send you men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a ruler among them. 3And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel. …

Numbers 13:2 "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."
Numbers 13:4 These are their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur;
Numbers 32:8 This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land.
1 Samuel 25:1 Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David moved down into the Desert of Paran.