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.
16. These are the names of the men Moses sent out to explore the land. (Moses called Hoshea son of Nun by the name Joshua.)