New English Translation

Numbers 13:6-19 New English Translation (NET)

6. from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

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

8. from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;

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

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

11. from the tribe of Joseph, namely, the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi;

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

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

14. from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vopshi;

15. from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.

16. These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to investigate the land. And Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.

17. When Moses sent them to investigate the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev, and then go up into the hill country

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

19. and whether the land they live in is good or bad, and whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or fortified cities,